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Book SynopsisAn examination of social memory developed within communities from the perspective of anthropology. Many case studies from around the world.
Trade ReviewReviewing 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. -- Marjorie M. Schweitzer, Emerita, Oklahoma State University
Each one of the chapters in this collection is creditable, and yet overall there is an imperative to pull together the flourish of innovative work on social memory and history, both within and beyond anthropology. * Cultural and Social History *
The impressive breadth of material included in this volume reflects just how encompassing the concept of social or collective memory has become...The essays in Social Memory and History reflect both the strengths and potential pitfalls of current social memory research. -- Jason James, Lafayette College * The Public Historian *
Climo and Cattell’s collection of essays from a variety of fields address important issues related to understanding the construction of social memory. The contributing authors provide 10 case studies that demonstrate how memory transmits culture or contests it at the individual, community, and national levels. While the volume reaches across disciplines, it is also a major contribution to anthropology and it should be read by students and scholars interested in how history and anthropology can work together. -- Paul Shackel, (Professor and Director, University of Maryland Center for Heritage Resource Studies)
Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction: Meaning in Social Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives Part 2 Part I: Continuity in Memory, History, and Culture Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Exploring Venues of Social Memory Chapter 4 Chapter 2: It Wasn't a Woman's World: Memory Construction and the Culture of Control in a North of Ireland Parish Chapter 5 Chapter 3: A Personal History of Memory Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Remembering the Past, Re-Membering the Present: Elders' Constructions of Place and Self in a Philadelphia Neighborhood Chapter 7 Chapter 5: The Cemetery: A Site for Construction of Memory, Identity, and Ethnicity Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Memories of the American Jewish Aliyah: Connecting Individual and Collective Experience Part 9 Part II Contested Memory and History Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Kiowa: On Song and Memory Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Symbolic Violence and Language: Mexico and Its Uses of Symbols Part 12 Part III Reconciliation and Redress Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Remembering and Forgetting: Creative Expression and Reconciliation in Post-Pinochet Chile Chapter 14 Chapter 10: The Meshingomesia Indian Village Schoolhouse in Memory and History Part 15 Bibliography Part 16 Index Part 17 About the Authors
