1st Edition
Memories Cast in Stone The Relevance of the Past in Everyday Life
By David E. Sutton
Copyright 1998
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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How does the past matter in the present? How is a feeling of ‘ownership' of the past expressed in people's everyday lives? Should continuity with the distant past be seen as simply a nationalist fiction or is it transformed by local historical imagination? While recent anthropological studies have focused on reconstructing disputed histories, this book examines the multiple ways in which the past... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Kalymnos: The Barren Island, 2. Kalymnian Constructions of Identity and Otherness, 3. Debates on an Explosive Custom, 4. Tales of Women Casting Stones, 5. Memories of Matriarchy, 6. Analogic Thinking as History, 7. A Historical War: Local Conversations with Global Implication, 8. History Revealed, Custom Concealed Heritage and as Inheritance, Conclusion, References Cited, Author Index, Subject Index
Biography
David E. Sutton Assistant Professor of Anthropology,Southern Illinois University
