Remembering as a Cultural Process

• Main Authors: Wagoner, Brady (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Brescó, Ignacio (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Awad, Sarah H. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology and Cultural Developmental Science,
• Subjects: Cognitive psychology.; Ethnology.; Psychology, Experimental.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Cognitive Psychology.; Cultural Anthropology.; Experimental Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Self and Identity.

This brief charts out principles for a cultural psychology of remembering. The idea at its core is a conceptualization of remembering as a constructive process--something that occurs at the intersection of a person and their social-cultural world. To do this, it moves away from the traditional metap...

Table of Contents:

• Preface: Why a cultural approach to memory?
• Chapter 1: Rethinking metaphors of memory: A conceptual history
• Chapter 2: Theories of constructive remembering
• Chapter 3: Microgenesis of remembering
• Chapter 4: Narrative forms: The recall of national history
• Chapter 5: Conflict, memory and positioning
• Chapter 6: Urban memory: Stories of revolution
• Chapter 7: Memorials and grief: The materiality of memory
• Concluding remarks. .