Search Results for Generations And Collective Memory

When discussing large social trends or experiences, we tend to group people into generations. But what does it mean to be part of a generation, and what gives t

Research in collective memory is a relatively new area capturing the interest of scholars in social psychology, memory, sociology, and anthropology. The core id

News in Public Memory brings together a team of international experts to investigate the media-transmitted history of the twentieth century as it exists in the

Chronicles the major traumas of the 20th century in America -- the Depression, Pearl Harbor, McCarthyism, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassinations of John F

With the erosion of strong class theory, sociologists have recently started to look at aspects of social stratification other than class. One of the most intere

Nicole Fox investigates the ways memorials can shape the experiences of survivors decades after massacres have ended. She examines how memorializations can both

Charts a new methodological course in Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship by employing memory theory to inform historical research. This is an instructive resource for

Examination Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,5, University of Tubingen (Amerikanistik), language: English, abstr

From 2011 to 2014, the Australian Generations Oral History Project recorded 300 interviews with Australians born between 1920 and 1989. The contributions to thi

The 'generation' has been largely forgotten in the fields of sociology and political science, especially regarding global politics. This volume re-engages the c