Social Memory (New Perspectives on the Past) - Softcover

Fentress, James; Wickham, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 063116619X ISBN 13: 9780631166191

Verlag: Blackwell Publishers, 1992

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Críticas:

..". this interesting and lively book demonstrates the important social place of memory. It sustains the argument that transmission and diffusion of memories cannot simply be dismissed as ideological or untrue, but that we must enter into dialogue with memory, examine its arguments and test its various claims." The Australian Journal of Anthropology "This is an accessible and attractive introduction to the study of the social production of historical memories. It deserves a prominent place on all reading-lists on 'anthropology and history.'" Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford .".. this interesting and lively book demonstrates the important social place of memory. It sustains the argument that transmission and diffusion of memories cannot simply be dismissed as ideological or untrue, but that we must enter into dialogue with memory, examine its arguments and test its various claims." "The Australian Journal of Anthropology""This is an accessible and attractive introduction to the study of the social production of historical memories. It deserves a prominent place on all reading-lists on 'anthropology and history.'" "Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford"

Reseña del editor:

We remember the past in a number of different ways, some of which we can barely describe. But we talk about the past in more specific social contexts, at home, at work, in the bar, reminiscing about past experience or narrating past events with specific groups of family friends and colleagues. How people talk about the past helps define their identity. In this book the perspective, the philosophy and the psychology of remembering and the ways in which events are narrated are used to help work out how remembering and talking define societies in circumstances as diverse as medieval France and Iceland and contemporary Brazil and South Wales.

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• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 063116619X
• ISBN 13: 9780631166191
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256