Autobiographical remembering as cultural practice: Understanding the interplay between memory, self and culture.

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Qi; Brockmeier, Jens
Titel	Autobiographical remembering as cultural practice: Understanding the interplay between memory, self and culture.
Quelle	In: Culture & psychology, 8 (2002) 1, S. 45-64Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1354-067X; 1461-7056
DOI	10.1177/1354067X02008001618
Schlagwörter	Kultur; Gedächtnis; Selbstkonzept; Anthropologie; Sozialisation; Anthropologie; Autobiografie; Gedächtnis; Lernen; Sozialisation; Kultur; Kulturanthropologie; Lernen; Autobiografie; Kulturanthropologie; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	Autobiographical remembering is examined as a cultural practice unfolding in the developmental dynamics of the interplay between memory, self, and culture. In discussing the results of recent comparative studies in the United States and East Asia, it is argued that autobiographical memory and self are interconnected meaning systems constructed in macro- and micro-cultural contexts - contexts of collectively performed and shared symbols, tools, and artifacts. This process involves multiply layered interactions between an individual and the belief structures of the society; it also involves various forms of active negotiation among the agents of socialization. As a result, a culture's genres of autobiographical remembering and its prevailing conceptions of selfhood have a decisive impact on the very nature of mnemonic transmission from one generation to the next. Against this background, autobiographical remembering is described as an important dimension of cultural memory. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2005_(CD)