Social Memory and History : Anthropological Perspectives
Overview
In Social Memory and History, a group of anthropologists, sociologists, social linguists, gerontologists, and historians explore the ways in which memory reconstructs the past and constructs the present. A substantial introduction by the editors outlines the key issues in the understanding of social memory: its nature and process, its personal and political implications, the crisis in memory, and the relationship between social and individual memory. Ten cross-cultural case studies-groups ranging from Kiowa songsters, Burgundian farmers, elderly Phildelaphia whites, Chilean political activists, American immigrants to Israel, and Irish working class women-then explore how social memory transmits culture or contests it at the individual, community, and national levels in both tangible and symbolic spheres.
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- ISBN-13: 9780759101784
- ISBN-10: 0759101787
- Publisher: Altamira Press
- Publish Date: October 2002
- Dimensions: 9.14 x 5.98 x 0.65 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.88 pounds
- Page Count: 252
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