Handbook of Culture and Memory by Brady Wagoner (English) Paperback Book

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In Handbook of Culture and Memory, an interdisciplinary group of contributors provide new models of the complex interrelationships between people's memory and their social relationships, group stories and history, monuments, rituals and material artifacts.

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In the Handbook of Culture and Memory, Brady Wagoner and his team of international contributors explore how memory is deeply entwined with social relationships, stories in film and literature, group history, ritual practices, material artifacts, and a host of other cultural devices. Culture is seen as the medium through which people live and make meaning of their lives. In this book, analyses focus on the mutual constitution of people's memories and thesocial-cultural worlds to which they belong.The complex relationship between culture and memory is explored in: the concept of memory and its relation to evolution, neurology and history;life course changes in memory from its development in childhood to its decline in old age; and the national and transnational organization of collective memory and identity through narratives propagated in political discourse, the classroom, and the media.

Author Biography

Brady Wagoner is Professor of Psychology at Aalborg University in Denmark. He was the co-creator of the F.C. Bartlett Internet Archive and is associate editor for the journals Culture & Psychology and Peace & Conflict. He received the 'early career award' from Division 26 of the American Psychological Association: the Society for the History of Psychology.

Table of Contents

Part I. Concept and History of MemoryChapter 1: The Evolutionary Origins of Human Cultural MemoryMerlin DonaldChapter 2: From Memory as Archive to Remembering as ConversationJens BrockmeierChapter 3: Discerning the History Inscribed Within: Significant Sites of the Narrative UnconsciousMark FreemanPart II. Cultural Contexts of RememberingChapter 4: The Landscape of Family MemoryBradd Shore and Sara KaukoChapter 5: Materiality of Memory: The Case of the Remembrance PoppyKyoko MurakamiChapter 6: Approaches to Testimony: Two Current Views and BeyondKotaro Takagi and Naohisa MoriChapter 7: Rethinking Function, Self and Culture, in 'Difficult' Autobiographical MemoriesSteve D. Brown and Paula ReaveyPart III. Memory through the Life CourseChapter 8: The Cultural Construction of Memory in Early ChildhoodKatherine NelsonChapter 9: Memory in Life TransitionsConstance de Saint Laurent and Tania ZittounChapter 10: Memory in Old Age: A Life-span PerspectiveDieter FerringPart IV. Memory, History and IdentityChapter 11: National Memory and Where to Find ItJames V. WertschChapter 12: History, Collective Memories or National Memories? How the Representation of the Past is Framed by Master NarrativesMario Carretero and Floor van AlphenChapter 13: Media and the Dynamics of Memory: From Cultural Paradigms to Transcultural MediationAstrid Erll

Review

"These expansive essays offer both richly detailed surveys of cutting edge research and productive new directions. Between biology and media theory, between psychology and history, this is the book to read on memory and culture." --John Sutton, Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University"This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of culture in human memory. Ranging across world history, cultural variations in contemporary societies, and human development from early childhood to old age, the authors have provided a treasure trove of information that is artfully woven together by this sure-handed editorial curation." --Michael Cole, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of CaliforniaSan Diego"This volume makes more significant contributions than one can count, and will be a standard reference for those who wish to overcome the hard distinction between individualist and collectivist approaches to memory, which these essays accomplish through their commitment to a deep historical perspective." -- Jeffrey Keith Olick, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia"In this urgently needed volume, Wagoner (Aalborg Univ., Denmark) and an international team of expert contributors examine the mutual constitution of cultural contexts and individuals' memories. Moving beyond fixed operationalizations of culture and memory, the volume explores the continuous, complex process of construction and reconstruction of remembering through cultural mediators. Guided by four principles of remembering as constructive, intersubjective,contextual, and occurring with and throughout diverse media, the chapters span the evolutionary origins of memory to collective remembering...The volume is indispensable reading for anyone interested inthe dynamic relationship between culture and memory." --CHOICE

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Provides new models of the complex interrelationships between people's memory and their social relationships.

Long Description

In the Handbook of Culture and Memory, Brady Wagoner and his team of international contributors explore how memory is deeply entwined with social relationships, stories in film and literature, group history, ritual practices, material artifacts, and a host of other cultural devices. Culture is seen as the medium through which people live and make meaning of their lives. In this book, analyses focus on the mutual constitution of people's memories and thesocial-cultural worlds to which they belong.The complex relationship between culture and memory is explored in: the concept of memory and its relation to evolution, neurology and history; life course changes in memory from its development in childhood to its decline in old age; and the national and transnational organization of collective memory and identity through narratives propagated in political discourse, the classroom, and the media.

Review Text

"These expansive essays offer both richly detailed surveys of cutting edge research and productive new directions. Between biology and media theory, between psychology and history, this is the book to read on memory and culture." --John Sutton, Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University"This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of culture in human memory. Ranging across world history, cultural variations in contemporary societies, and human development from early childhood to old age, the authors have provided a treasure trove of information that is artfully woven together by this sure-handed editorial curation." --Michael Cole, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of CaliforniaSan Diego"This volume makes more significant contributions than one can count, and will be a standard reference for those who wish to overcome the hard distinction between individualist and collectivist approaches to memory, which these essays accomplish through their commitment to a deep historical perspective." -- Jeffrey Keith Olick, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia"In this urgently needed volume, Wagoner (Aalborg Univ., Denmark) and an international team of expert contributors examine the mutual constitution of cultural contexts and individuals' memories. Moving beyond fixed operationalizations of culture and memory, the volume explores the continuous, complex process of construction and reconstruction of remembering through cultural mediators. Guided by four principles of remembering as constructive, intersubjective,contextual, and occurring with and throughout diverse media, the chapters span the evolutionary origins of memory to collective remembering...The volume is indispensable reading for anyone interested inthe dynamic relationship between culture and memory." --CHOICE

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"These expansive essays offer both richly detailed surveys of cutting edge research and productive new directions. Between biology and media theory, between psychology and history, this is the book to read on memory and culture." --John Sutton, Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University "This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of culture in human memory. Ranging across world history, cultural variations in contemporary societies, and human development from early childhood to old age, the authors have provided a treasure trove of information that is artfully woven together by this sure-handed editorial curation." --Michael Cole, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego "This volume makes more significant contributions than one can count, and will be a standard reference for those who wish to overcome the hard distinction between individualist and collectivist approaches to memory, which these essays accomplish through their commitment to a deep historical perspective." -- Jeffrey Keith Olick, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia "In this urgently needed volume, Wagoner (Aalborg Univ., Denmark) and an international team of expert contributors examine the mutual constitution of cultural contexts and individuals' memories. Moving beyond fixed operationalizations of culture and memory, the volume explores the continuous, complex process of construction and reconstruction of remembering through cultural mediators. Guided by four principles of remembering as constructive, intersubjective, contextual, and occurring with and throughout diverse media, the chapters span the evolutionary origins of memory to collective remembering...The volume is indispensable reading for anyone interested in the dynamic relationship between culture and memory." --CHOICE

Feature

Selling point: Focuses on culture as a process rather than a bounded group of peopleSelling point: Features an interdisciplinary group of contributors who are leading figures in their subject areaSelling point: Provides the latest models of memory integrating psychological and social-cultural processes

Details ISBN0190230827 Language English ISBN-10 0190230827 ISBN-13 9780190230821 Format Paperback Pages 360 Year 2017 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Edited by Brady Wagoner DEWEY 306.019 Position Professor Affiliation Professor, Centre of Cultural Psychology, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University Author Brady Wagoner Publication Date 2017-12-07 UK Release Date 2017-12-07 AU Release Date 2017-12-07 NZ Release Date 2017-12-07 US Release Date 2017-12-07 Series Frontiers in Culture and Psychology Alternative 9780190230814 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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