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How Societies Remember
Paul Connerton
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Paperback. This book provides an account of how bodily (or incorporated) practices are transmitted in, and as, traditions. Series: Themes in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206. Series: Themes in the Social Sciences. 128 pages, index. Provides an account of how bodily (or incorporated) practices are transmitted in, and as, traditions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JH. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 8. Weight: 214.
In treating memory as a cultural rather than an individual faculty, this book provides an account of how bodily practices are transmitted in, and as, traditions. Most studies of memory as a cultural faculty focus on written, or inscribed transmissions of memories. Paul Connerton, on the other hand, concentrates on bodily (or incorporated) practices, and so questions the currently dominant idea that literary texts may be taken as a metaphor for social practices generally. The author argues that images of the past and recollected knowledge of the past are conveyed and sustained by ritual performances and that performative memory is ... Read more
In treating memory as a cultural rather than an individual faculty, this book provides an account of how bodily practices are transmitted in, and as, traditions. Most studies of memory as a cultural faculty focus on written, or inscribed transmissions of memories. Paul Connerton, on the other hand, concentrates on bodily (or incorporated) practices, and so questions the currently dominant idea that literary texts may be taken as a metaphor for social practices generally. The author argues that images of the past and recollected knowledge of the past are conveyed and sustained by ritual performances and that performative memory is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Series
Themes in the Social Sciences
Condition
New
Weight
206g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521270939
SKU
V9780521270939
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