Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-115) and index.
Contents
Introduction: An embarrassment of Eiffel Towers -- Souvenirs in the age of pilgrimage -- Souvenirs in the Age of Enlightenment -- Interlude: Museums of the personal -- Souvenirs in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Souvenirs and human suffering -- Souvenirs and (the complicated notion of) authenticity -- Souvenirs, memory, and the shortness of life.