eber And Neal Address Some Of The Theoretical Issues Connected With Symbolic Constructions Of Reality Through Human Memory And Its Subsequent Representation. Linkages Between What We Remember And How We Represent It Give Humans Their Distinctive Characteristics. We Construct Our Reality From How We Perceive The Events In Our Lives And, From That Reality, We Create A Symbol System To Describe Our World. It Is Through Such Symbolic Constructions That We Are Provided With A Usable Backdrop For Shaping Our Memories And Organizing Them Into Meaningful Lines Of Action.
These Case Studies Present A New And Creative Synthesis Of The Multiple Meanings Of Memory And Representation Within The Context Of Contemporary Perceptions Of Truth.
booknews editors Eber (art, Bowling Green State U.) And Neal (sociology, Portland State U.) Provide An Introduction And An Epilogue To Eight Essays Contributed By An Eclectic Crew: A Choreographer, A Playwright, And Academics In The Fields Of Music, Sociology, Culture Studies, And French And Italian Studies. They Explore Memory And Representation From The Framework Of The Creative Arts, The Humanities, And The Social Sciences. Among The Topics: Media Representation Of Women On Death Row, Memories Of Child Abuse Represented Through Performance, And And Through The Lens Of Bourdieu's Sociological Theory. The Volume Is Not Indexed. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

Eber, Dena Elisabeth; Neal, Arthur G

Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press

United States, United States of America

April 2001

1, 2001

This work addresses some of the multi-faceted conceptual and theoretical issues connected with symbolic construction of reality through human memory and its subsequent representation. It presents a synthesis of the multiple meanings of memory and representation within the context of truth.

183 p. : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references

2024-01-26