Vital memory and affect : living with a difficult past / Steven D. Brown, Paula Reavey.
| Author/creator |
Brown, Steven D., Dr. |
| Other author/creator | Reavey, Paula. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1 Edition. |
| Publication Info | London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. |
| Description | xiv, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | The seven virtues of vital memory -- The expanded view of memory -- Memory and life-space: affect, forgetting and ethics -- Feeling an ambivalent past: survivors of child sexual abuse -- Managing the memories of others: adoptive parents and their children -- Remembering with, through and for others: surviving the 2005 London bombings -- Forgetting who you were: the forensic psychiatric unit -- Recollection in later life: the reminiscence museum -- Ordinary people living with a difficult past. |
| Abstract | "This book provides insight into significant and particularly difficult autobiographical memories among vulnerable groups"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "Vital Memory and Affect takes as its subject the autobiographical memories of 'vulnerable' groups, including survivors of child sexual abuse, adopted children and their families, forensic mental health service users, and elderly persons in care home settings. In particular the focus is on a particular class of memory within this group: recollected episodes that are difficult and painful, sometimes contested, but always with enormous significance for a current and past sense of self. These 'vital memories', integral and irreversible, can come to appear as a defining feature of a person's life. In Vital Memory and Affect, authors Steve Brown and Paula Reavey explore the highly productive way in which individuals make sense of a difficult past, situated as they are within a highly specific cultural and social landscape. Via an exploration of their vital memories, the book combines insights from social and cognitive psychology to open up the possibility of a new approach to memory, one that pays full attention to the contextual conditions of all acts of remembering. This path-breaking study brings together a unique set of empirical material and maps out an agenda for research into memory and affect that will be important reading for students and scholars of social psychology, memory studies, cultural studies, philosophy, and other related fields"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-237) and index. |
| LCCN | 2014049466 |
| ISBN | 9780415683999 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0415683998 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780415684019 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0415684013 (paperback) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | BF371 .B767 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |