Relational remembering : rethinking the memory wars / Sue Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Sue, 1956-

Series:

Feminist constructions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiographical memory.

Women--Psychology.

Women.

False memory syndrome.

Physical Description:

x, 227 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

This book offers a feminist philosophical analysis of contemporary public skepticism about women's memories of past harm. It concentrates primarily on writings associated with the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF), founded in 1992 as a lobby for parents whose adult children have accused them of some abuse after a period of having not remembered it.

Contents:

1 Constructing the "Memory Wars" 1

2 Respecting Rememberers 25

3 Framing Women's Testimony: Narrative Position and Memory Authority 47

4 The Subjects of Therapy: Revisiting Trauma and Recovery 69

5 "The Feeling of Identity Is Quite Wanting ... in the True Woman": Models of Memory and Moral Character 99

6 Suggestibility, Misdesign, and Social Skepticism 129

7 The Costs of a Stereotype: Protecting Women's Confidential Records 153

8 A Singular and Representative Life: Personal Memory and Systematic Harm 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.

ISBN:

0742532801

074253281X

OCLC:

52133130