Bringing together neuroscientists, social scientists, and
humanities scholars in cross-disciplinary exploration of the topic
of cultural memory, this collection moves from seminal discussions
of the latest findings in neuroscience to variegated, specific case
studies of social practices and artistic expressions. This volume
highlights what can be gained from drawing on broad
interdisciplinary contexts in pursuing scholarly projects involving
cultural memory and associated topics. The collection argues that
contemporary evolutionary science, in conjunction with studies
interconnecting cognition, affect, and emotion, as well as research
on socially mediated memory, provides innovatively
interdisciplinary contexts for viewing current work on how cultural
and social environments influence gene expression and neural
circuitry. Building on this foundation, Cultural Memory turns to
the exploration of the psychological processes and social contexts
through which cultural memory is shaped, circulated, revised, and
contested. It investigates how various modes of cultural
expression-architecture, cuisine, poetry, film, and
fiction-reconfigure shared conceptualizing patterns and affectively
mediated articulations of identity and value. Each chapter
showcases research from a wide range of fields and presents diverse
interdisciplinary contexts for future scholarship. As cultural
memory is a subject that invites interdisciplinary perspectives and
is relevant to studying cultures around the world, of every era,
this collection addresses an international readership comprising
scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and natural
sciences, from advanced undergraduates to senior researchers.
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