Memory

Author: Patricia Fara

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Price : 46.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780521032186
Publisher : cup
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Weight (g) : 0.34
Publication date : 01 December 2006
Dimensions : 247mm X 174mm X 11mm
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Author : Patricia Fara
Series : Darwin College Lectures
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Experts from the arts and sciences discuss the theme of memory in an accessible collection for the general reader.

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"A novelist, an anthropologist, a neuropsychologist, and a biologist, among others, have contributed essays in this volume on the meaning of memory. They investigate the physical processes involved in remembering, as well as such products of memory as literature, art, and music." Natural History

Introduction Patricia Fara and Karalyn Patterson; 1. Disturbing memories Richard Sennett; 2. 'Turning a blind eye': memories of empire Catherine Hall; 3. Memory and the making of fiction A. S. Byatt; 4. Memory in oral tradition Jack Goody; 5. Memory and psychoanalysis Juliet Mitchell; 6. When memory fails Barbara A. Wilson; 7. How brains make memories Steven P. R. Rose; 8. Memory and neural networks Terrence Sejnowski; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Index.

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