Autobiographical Memory in an Aboriginal Australian Community Culture, Place and Narrative

Informationen zum Autor Anne Marie Monchamp is an independent researcher currently living in Sydney, Australia. As a former Peace Corps volunteer, she has a keen interest in culture and has done fieldwork in the Australian central desert community of Alpurrurulam. She has an MA in anthropology and a PhD in philosophy. Klappentext This book shares and analyses the stories of Opal, a senior Alyawarra woman. Through her stories the reader glimpses the harsh colonial realities which many Aboriginal Australians have faced, highlighting the cultural embeddedness of autobiographical memory from a philosophical, psychological and anthropological perspective. Zusammenfassung This book shares and analyses the stories of Opal! a senior Alyawarra woman. Through her stories the reader glimpses the harsh colonial realities which many Aboriginal Australians have faced! highlighting the cultural embeddedness of autobiographical memory from a philosophical! psychological and anthropological perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Remembering Alpurrurulam 1. Opal's Stories 2. 'Auto' is not Automatic 3. 'Auto' is not Alone 4. Translating Memory 5. Journey of a Lifetime 6. Country, Memory, Culture 7. Memory and Dreaming Discussion Notes References Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Anne Marie Monchamp, A. Monchamp, A Monchamp
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.08.2014
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Sonstiges; Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher
• EAN: 9781137325266
• ISBN: 978-1-137-32526-6
• Anzahl Seiten: 201
• Serie: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies; Palgrave MacMillan Memory Stud; Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies; Palgrave MacMillan Memory Stud
• Themen: Soziologie, B, Kulturwissenschaften, Medienwissenschaften, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Geschichtsschreibung, Historiographie, Communication, Society & culture: general, Ethnology, Social & cultural anthropology, Historiography, auseinandersetzen, Media and Communication, Sociology, general, Memory Studies, Social Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Palgrave History Collection