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Autobiographical memory and the construction of a narrative self : developmental and cultural perspectives / edited by Robyn Fivush, Catherine A. Haden.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autobiographical memory--Social aspects.
- Autobiographical memory.
- Self-presentation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It is a truism in psychology that self and autobiographical memory are linked, yet we still know surprisingly little about the nature of this relation. Scholars from multiple disciplines, including cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and philosophy have begun theorizing and writing about the ways in which autobiographical memory is organized, the role that narratives play in the development of autobiographical memory, and the relations between autobiographical memory, narrative, and self concept. If narratives are a critical link between memory and self, then it becom
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Autobiographical Memory, Narrative and Self; List of Contributors; I: The Development of Autobiographical Memory and Self-Understanding; Chapter 1 Narrative and Self, Myth and Memory: Emergence of the Cultural Self; Chapter 2 Social Origins of Reminiscing; Chapter 3 Joint Encoding and Joint Reminiscing: Implications for Young Children's Understanding and Remembering of Personal Experiences; II: Cross-Cultural Variation in Narrative Environments and Self-Construal
- Chapter 4 Cultural Variations in Interdependence and Autobiographical Memory: Lessons from Korea, China, India, and the United StatesChapter 5 The Socialization of Autobiographical Memory in Children and Adults: The Roles of Culture and Gender; Chapter 6 On the Bilingual's Two Sets of Memories; III: The Construction of Gender and Identity Concepts in Developmental and Situational Contexts; Chapter 7 Creating Gender and Identity Through Autobiographical Narratives; Chapter 8 Telling Traumatic Events in Adolescence: A Study of Master Narrative Positioning; Chapter 9 Identity and the Life Story
- Chapter 10 Self-Making NarrativesAuthor Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-65185-X
- 1-135-65186-8
- 1-138-00359-X
- 1-282-37443-5
- 9786612374432
- 1-4106-0747-X
- 9781410607478
- OCLC:
- 476148438
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