Memory research /
Anthropological memory research studies to what extent memory provides a basis for ideological, moral, and practical concerns of individual groups of people who hold to a common past. Currently, major concerns revolve around individual and group memory formation and how it affects continuity or disr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Anthropological memory research studies to what extent memory provides a basis for ideological, moral, and practical concerns of individual groups of people who hold to a common past. Currently, major concerns revolve around individual and group memory formation and how it affects continuity or disruption. This entry begins by considering how memory research is utilized in anthropology in methods, data, and analysis. It also looks at how researchers relied upon recollections, artifacts, and rituals. The importance of oral history as it relates to memory research is also discussed, as is forms of eyewitness data such as subaltern studies. The entry then defines and provides examples of collective memory before concluding by looking at future directions of memory research. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529748093 1529748097 9781526421036 1526421038 |