Researching collective memory
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Feb2008 (Volume) 17 (Number) 3
Classif
301 SOC
Subject
Sociology
Page
8 - 11
Authors
Misztal, Barbara
Contents
Sociologists are increasingly interested in the topic of social memory. A growing number of studies explore how memory is generated and reproduced through texts, images, sites, rituals and experience. But why is memory so important to sociologists?
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