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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Palgrave Macmillan memory studies
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Palgrave Macmillan memory studies.
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| Summary |
Despite the fact that interdisciplinarity is virtually universally advocated in the various disciplines which comprise the growing field of memory studies, it remains in very short supply. Anne Marie Monchamp addresses that need by integrating philosophy, anthropology and psychology with participant-observation fieldwork. This book shares and analyses the stories of Opal, a senior Alyawarra woman. The stories reveal glimpses of the harsh colonial realities that many Aboriginal Australians have faced and, in doing so, make clear that culture cannot be reduced to content ; it is not only in the words of the story that we find culture but also in, for example, the narrative structure, the temporal flow and the word choices. Thus, this work seeks to create a context for the interpretation of these stories, rather than only providing translation; simultaneously analysing them to reveal insights about culture and autobiographical memory. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Remembering Alpurrurulam -- 1. Opal's Stories -- 2. 'Auto' is not Automatic -- 3. 'Auto' is not Alone -- 4. Translating Memory -- 5. Journey of a Lifetime -- 6. Country, Memory, Culture -- 7. Memory and Dreaming -- Discussion. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Opal.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Anecdotes.
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Aboriginal Australians. |
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Anecdotes.
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| Subject |
Alyawarra (Australian people) -- Anecdotes.
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Alyawarra (Australian people) |
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Episodic memory -- Australia.
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Episodic memory. |
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Australia. |
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Media studies -- Australia. |
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Rural communities -- Australia. |
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Indigenous peoples -- Australia. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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Media studies -- Australia -- Australian Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander. |
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Rural communities -- Australia -- Australian Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander. |
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Indigenous peoples -- Australia -- Australian Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander. |
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Society. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Monchamp, Anne Marie. Autobiographical memory in an Aboriginal Australian community 9781137325266 (OCoLC)883462458 |
| ISBN |
9781137325273 (electronic book) |
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1137325275 (electronic book) |
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9781137325266 |
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1137325267 |
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