Collective memory of political events : social psychological perspectives / edited by James W. Pennebaker, Dario Paez, Bernard Rimé.

Other author Pennebaker, James W.
Other author Páez, Darío.
Other author Rimé, Bernard.
Format Book
Publication InfoMahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997.
Descriptionxi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents On the creation and maintenance of collective memories: history as social psychology / James W. Pennebaker and Becky L. Banasik -- The inventory of experience: memory and identity / Martin A. Conway -- The generational basis of historical knowledge / Howard Schuman, Robert F. Belli, and Katherine Bischoping -- Art and remembering traumatic collective events: the case of the Spanish Civil War / Juanjo Igartua and Dario Paez -- Commemorating / Nico H. Frijda -- How individual emotional episodes feed collective memory / Bernard Rimé and Véronique Christophe -- Social processes and collective memory: a cross-cultural approach to remembering political events / Dario Paez, Nekane Basabe, and Jose Luis Gonzalez -- Group differences in memory for a political event / George D. Gaskell and Daniel B. Wright -- When individual memories are socially shaped: flashbulb memories of sociopolitical events / Catrin Finkenauer, Lydia Gisle, and Olivier Luminet -- Nostalgia, immigration, and collective memory / Guglielmo Bellelli and Mirella A.C. Amutulli -- Remembering: passing back through the heart / Elizabeth Lira -- The construction of remembering and forgetfulness: memories and histories of the Spanish Civil War / Lupicinio Íñiguez, Jose Valencia, and Félix Vázquez -- Social sharing, emotional climate, and the transgenerational transmission of memories: the Portuguese colonial war / Jose Marques, Dario Paez, and Alexandra F. Serra -- Distortions of collective memory: how groups flatter and deceive themselves / Roy F. Baumeister and Stephen Hastings.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 96029389
ISBN0805821821 (c : alk. paper)