Social Memory and History

Anthropological Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-10-23
Mått:148 x 228 x 16 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:AltaMira Press
ISBN:9780759101784

Utforska kategorier

Arkeologi inom Historia och arkeologi
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Climo is an anthropologist at Michigan State University. Cattell is a research associate in anthropology at The Field Museum, Chicago.

Recensioner i media

Reviewing the connection between memory, history, and meaning, this volume is well researched, detailed, and thoughtful. It stresses the anthropological perspective that memory is dependent on culture and context. It is an excellent précis of how memory is constructed, how it works or does not work, and how individuals and different groups of people view it.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Introduction: Meaning in Social Memory and History: Anthropological PerspectivesPart 2 Part I: Continuity in Memory, History, and CultureChapter 3 Chapter 1: Exploring Venues of Social MemoryChapter 4 Chapter 2: It Wasn't a Woman's World: Memory Construction and the Culture of Control in a North of Ireland ParishChapter 5 Chapter 3: A Personal History of MemoryChapter 6 Chapter 4: Remembering the Past, Re-Membering the Present: Elders' Constructions of Place and Self in a Philadelphia NeighborhoodChapter 7 Chapter 5: The Cemetery: A Site for Construction of Memory, Identity, and EthnicityChapter 8 Chapter 6: Memories of the American Jewish Aliyah: Connecting Individual and Collective ExperiencePart 9 Part II Contested Memory and HistoryChapter 10 Chapter 7: Kiowa: On Song and MemoryChapter 11 Chapter 8: Symbolic Violence and Language: Mexico and Its Uses of SymbolsPart 12 Part III Reconciliation and RedressChapter 13 Chapter 9: Remembering and Forgetting: Creative Expression and Reconciliation in Post-Pinochet ChileChapter 14 Chapter 10: The Meshingomesia Indian Village Schoolhouse in Memory and HistoryPart 15 BibliographyPart 16 IndexPart 17 About the Authors