Family Memory: Practices, Transmissions and Uses in a Global Perspective

Researchers from five different continents explore the significance of family memory as an analytical tool and a research concept in Family Memory: Practices,Transmissions, and Uses in a Global Perspective. It highlights the potential of family memory research for understanding societies past and present and the need for a more comprehensive and systematic use of family memories. It also examines family memory of violent events and genocide.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 234 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In Family Memory: Practices,Transmissions and Uses in a Global Perspective, a groundbreaking exploration into the profound significance of family memory emerges from the collaborative efforts of researchers hailing from five diverse continents. This comprehensive volume sheds light on the vastness and versatility of family memories, often overlooked in broader memory studies that focus on larger mnemonic entities. By highlighting the potential of family memory research, this book underscores the importance of a more comprehensive and systematic approach to understanding societies both past and present.

The contributors to this volume elucidate how family memories can serve as a valuable resource in various contexts, encompassing individual and collective identities, national memories, intergenerational transmission processes, migration, transnational and diasporic studies. They offer insightful perspectives on how family memories can contribute to a deeper understanding of societies and their complex dynamics.

The book explores the past, present, and future of family memory as a promising field of memory studies, emphasizing its role in intergenerational transmission of social and political values. It also delves into the sensitive topic of family memory related to violent events and genocide, examining cases such as the Armenian Genocide, Russian Revolution, and Rwandan Genocide.

This book holds immense value for cultural and oral historians, family historians, public historians, researchers in narrative studies, psychology, politics, and international studies. Its insights and methodologies will undoubtedly enrich our understanding of human memory and its multifaceted manifestations across different cultures and historical contexts.

Weight: 392g
Dimension: 152 x 263 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367701741