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Autobiographical Memory and the Construction of A Narrative Self: Developmental and Cultural Perspectives - Softcover
Synopsis
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 becomes apparent that the roles of language and social interaction are paramount. These are the issues addressed in this volume.
Although individual authors offer their own unique perspectives in illuminating the nature of the link between self and memory, the contributors share a perspective that both memory and self are constructed through specific forms of social interactions and/or cultural frameworks that lead to the formation of an autobiographical narrative. Taken together, the chapters weave a coherent story about how each of us creates a life narrative embedded in social-cultural frameworks that define what is appropriate to remember, how to remember it, and what it means to be a self with an autobiographical past.
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This volume will be important to those seeking to help others navigate identity issues, to understand fully the constructive nature of self, and to integrate many disparate findings in the self-literature. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.
—CHOICE
...provides a rich and satisfying entrée into a literature that has accumulated over time and that is spread across multiple different venues, including the developmental and adult cognitive and personality literatures, as well as those in the related disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, and sociology, to name a few....even readers who are relatively well versed in the social-cultural perspective on autobiographical memory development will come away from the volume with new insights....This edited volume is an excellent illustration of the progress that can be made when individual research programs combine: the emergent culture is one that will have formative and enriching influences on those who come in contact with it
—Infant and Child Development
...the book admirably accomplishes its scientific mission: to diffuse new cultural approaches to the study of selfhood. The book is complete and, within the boundaries of its main approach, thematically diverse. It will also be of special use to developmental psychologists working on autobiographical memory, as this is the main foci of the book.
—Contemporary Psychology
...this volume presents a strong review of current empirical and theoretical work on the relationship of autobiographical memory and personal narratives. With a clear emphasis on the role of development and culture, the volume both organizes and generates ideas for the reader interested in understanding narrative selves. The volume confronts an interesting and worthy topic in a progressive and stimulating manner.
—American Journal of Psychology
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