Handbook of Culture and Memory

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Cover Handbook of Culture and Memory Copyright Contents Contributors Introduction: Remembering as a Psychological and Social–​Cultural Process Part I. Concept and History of Memory 1. The Evolutionary Origins of Human Cultural Memory 2. From Memory as Archive to Remembering as Conversation 3. Discerning the History Inscribed Within: Significant Sites of the Narrative Unconscious Part II. Cultural Contexts of Remembering 4. The Landscape of Family Memory 5. Materiality of Memory: The Case of the Remembrance Poppy 6. Approaches to Testimony: Two Current Views and Beyond 7. Rethinking Function, Self, and Culture in “Difficult” Autobiographical Memories Part III. Memory Through the Life Course 8. The Cultural Construction of Memory in Early Childhood 9. Memory in Life Transitions 10. Memory in Old Age: A Lifespan Perspective Part IV. Memory, History, and Identity 11. National Memory and Where to Find It 12. History, Collective Memories, or National Memories? How the Representation of the Past Is Framed by Master Narratives 13. Media and the Dynamics of Memory: From Cultural Paradigms to Transcultural Premediation Index