Beyond the archive : memory, narrative, and the autobiographical process /
"Our longstanding view of memory and remembering is in the midst of a profound transformation. This transformation does not only affect our concept of memory or a particular idea of how we remember and forget; it is a wider cultural process. In order to understand it, one must step back and con...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Explorations in narrative psychology.
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| Summary: | "Our longstanding view of memory and remembering is in the midst of a profound transformation. This transformation does not only affect our concept of memory or a particular idea of how we remember and forget; it is a wider cultural process. In order to understand it, one must step back and consider what is meant when we say memory. Brockmeier's far-ranging studies offer such a perspective, synthesizing understandings of remembering from the neurosciences, humanities, social studies, and in key works of autobiographical literature and life-writing. His conclusions force us to radically rethink our very notion of memory as an archive of the past, one that suggests the natural existence of a distinctive human capacity (or a set of neuronal systems) enabling us to "encode," "store," and "recall" past experiences". --Publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 401 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339 -372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199861569 0199861560 |