Cultural Memory and the Construction of Identity
Cultural Memory and the Construction of Identity How do we remember persons, objects, events? Newspapers, television, and even celebrations and festivities mark for us not only who we are, but also…
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Cultural Memory and the Construction of Identity
How do we remember persons, objects, events? Newspapers, television, and even celebrations and festivities mark for us not only who we are, but also who we were and how we lived.Cultural Memory and the Construction of Identity brings together scholars of folklore, literature, history, and communication to explore the dynamics of cultural memory in a variety of contexts. Memory seems so personal, but, at the same time, it is shaped by collective experience and public representations.
They point to the relationship between this memory and our notion of "culture."They also discuss this cultural memory on the level of everyday life. The authors show how memory is shaped and how it operates in uniting society and creating images that attain the value of truth even if they deviate from fact. Building on research in the field, their contributions clearly show that cultural
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