The Labyrinth of Memory: Ethnographic Journeys (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780897894098)

This work is a study of the various ways in which individuals and groups use memory narratives to express and form the quality of their lives. Activities of remembering, forgetting, reconstructing, metamorphosizing, and vicariously remembering are described for cultures in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Canada, and the United States. The authors find that the territory of memory is bounded by neither space nor time, but exists in the minds of individuals and groups. Memory changes as individuals and cultures change, forming a dialogue between the past and the present in response to present and changing needs. Memories of dislocation, war, torture, famine, and separation are given particular attention for the way they create meaning in the present and future lives of those who remember and share their memories.

Author: Jacob Climo,Marea Teski
ISBN-10: 089789409X
ISBN-13: 9780897894098
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 07/30/1995
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.42w x 0.85d