Ghosts of memory : essays on remembrance and relatedness /

"Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and moves beyond previous approaches to the subject. It suggests some common forms and themes that emerge through the diverse lives, geographical locations, and social contexts considered in these essays: pasts disru...

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Other Authors: Carsten, Janet
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and moves beyond previous approaches to the subject. It suggests some common forms and themes that emerge through the diverse lives, geographical locations, and social contexts considered in these essays: pasts disrupted by migration, personal trauma, or political upheaval; the present disturbed by ghosts and hauntings, illness, and absent or abusive familial relations. Drawing on anthropology, literature, memory studies, and social history, this collection will be of interest to a wide range of specialist and general readers."--Jacket
Item Description:"Essays ... originally presented at a conference on 'Kinship and Memory in Anthropology and Beyond', held at the University of Edinburgh in December 2004"--Ack
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 253 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470692301
0470692308
9780470691540
0470691549
1281309249
9781281309242
9786611309244
6611309241