Collective Remembering - Memory in the World and in the Mind

Isurin presents a case study of Russian collective memory as it is constructed by producers and consumed by people.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Background: 1. Collective memory; 2. Autobiographical memory; 3. Crossing the boundaries: collective memory, individual memory, and immigration; Part II. Russian Collective Past as a Case Study: 4. Study on Russian collective memory: methodology; 5. Collective memory in the world: historical events reflected in the text; 6. Russian wars, prominent figures and crises: the producers' side of the story; 7. Collective memory in the mind: Russians' remembrance of the past; 8. Role of individual memory in the construction of collective memories; Part III. Memory in the World and in the Mind: 8. The interplay of memory in the world and in the mind; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Ludmila Isurin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at Ohio State University, and an affiliated member of the Ohio State University Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences. An interdisciplinary scholar whose research encompasses psycho- and sociolinguistics, social sciences and humanities, Isurin is the author or co-editor of five books and numerous chapters and journal articles including an award-winning article in Language Learning (2016).

Product details

• Authors: Ludmila Isurin, Ludmila (Ohio State University) Isurin, Isurin Ludmila
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781316627761
• ISBN: 978-1-316-62776-1
• No. of pages: 330
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; memory, Russia, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology