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Negotiating pasts in the Nordic countries : interdisciplinary studies in history and memory /

A contribution to the popular international and interdisciplinary field of collective memory within a Scandinavian context, this reference presents a number of case studies, from the Middle Age to the present time, that discuss how people look to the past for identity and meaning. Acknowledging that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Eriksen, Anne, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lund, Sweden : Nordic Academic Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A contribution to the popular international and interdisciplinary field of collective memory within a Scandinavian context, this reference presents a number of case studies, from the Middle Age to the present time, that discuss how people look to the past for identity and meaning. Acknowledging that many pasts exist, sometimes harmoniously and other times in conflict, this resource attempts to negotiate the past by analyzing the tensions that occur when individuals with different interests, understandings, and points of view study history and by exploring the inherent desire to develop a consensus between the past and the present. Examining subject areas such as social and cultural history, literature, cultural studies, archeology, mythology, and anthropology, this study expresses how crucial it is to understand the processes of dealing with the past when trying to chart how and why societies and communities change and evolve.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789185509881
9185509884
9789187121180
9187121182