Memory in mind and culture

Description:

This text introduces readers to the issues of human memory broadly considered, encompassing both individual memory, collective remembering by societies, and the construction of history. The book is organized around several major questions: How do memories construct our past? How do we build shared collective memories? How does memory shape history? --from publisher description.

subjects: Collective memory,  Oral tradition,  Cognition and culture,  Memory,  Social aspects,  Recollection (Psychology),  Cognitive psychology,  Memory [MESH],  Cognition [MESH]