Myths We Live By

Summary

First published in 1990, The Myths We Live By explores how memory and tradition are continually reshaped and recycled to make sense of the past from the standpoint of the present.
The book makes use of the rich material of recorded life stories, with examples stretching from the transient myths of contemporary Italian school children on strike, back to the family legends of classical Greece, and the traditional storytelling of Canadian Indians. The range of examples is international and together they advocate a transformed history, which actively relates subjective and objective, past and present, politics and poetry, and highlights history as a living force in the present.
The Myths We Live By will appeal to anyone interested in oral history, memory, and myth.

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Thompson Samuel
• Assisted by: Raphael Samuel (Editor), Samuel Raphael (Editor), Paul Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2021
• EAN: 9781032005690
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3200569-0
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Sociology, Cultural Studies, History: theory & methods, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, History: theory and methods