Reproducing, Rethinking, Resisting National Narratives | A Sociocultural Approach to Schematic Narrative Templates

Ignacio Brescó de Luna (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1648026621 / ISBN 13: 9781648026621

Published by Information Age Publishing, 2021

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Reproducing, Rethinking, Resisting National Narratives | A Sociocultural Approach to Schematic Narrative Templates | Ignacio Brescó de Luna (u. a.) | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2021 | Information Age Publishing | EAN 9781648026621 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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• Title: Reproducing, Rethinking, Resisting National Narratives | A Sociocultural Approach to Schematic Narrative Templates
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1648026621
• ISBN 13: 9781648026621
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 18D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 534 grams
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Synopsis

In his now classic Voices of Collective Remembering, James V. Wertsch (2002) examines the extent to which certain narrative themes are embedded in the way the collective past is understood and national communities are imagined. In this work, Wertsch coined the term schematic narrative templates to refer to basic plots, such as the triumph over alien forces or quest for freedom, that are recurrently used, setting a national theme for the past, present and future. Whereas specific narratives are about particular events, dates, settings and actors, schematic narrative templates refer to more abstract structures, grounded in the same basic plot, from which multiple specific accounts of the past can be generated. As dominant and naturalised narrative structures, schematic narrative templates are typically used without being noticed, and are thus extremely conservative, impervious to evidence and resistant to change.

The concept of schematic narrative templates is much needed today, especially considering the rise of nationalism and extreme-right populism, political movements that tend to tap into national narratives naturalised and accepted by large swathes of society. The present volume comprises empirical and theoretical contributions to the concept of schematic narrative templates by scholars of different disciplines (Historiography, Psychology, Education and Political Science) and from the vantage point of different cultural and social practices of remembering (viz., school history teaching, political discourses, rituals, museums, the use of images, maps, etc.) in different countries. The volume’s main goal is to provide a transdisciplinary debate around the concept of schematic narrative templates, focusing on how narratives change as well as perpetuate at times when nationalist discourses seem to be on the rise. This book will be relevant to anyone interested in history, history teaching, nationalism, collective memory and the wider social debate on how to critically reflect on the past.