Autobiographical Memory in an Aboriginal Australian Community: Culture, Place and Narrative

by A. Monchamp

Overview

This book shares and analyses the stories of Opal, a senior Alyawarra woman. Through her stories the reader glimpses the harsh colonial realities which many Aboriginal Australians have faced, highlighting the cultural embeddedness of autobiographical memory from a philosophical, psychological and anthropological perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349459292
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anne Marie Monchamp is an independent researcher currently living in Sydney, Australia. As a former Peace Corps volunteer, she has a keen interest in culture and has done fieldwork in the Australian central desert community of Alpurrurulam. She has an MA in anthropology and a PhD in philosophy.

Table of Contents

Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Remembering Alpurrurulam 1. Opal's Stories 2. 'Auto' is not Automatic 3. 'Auto' is not Alone 4. Translating Memory 5. Journey of a Lifetime 6. Country, Memory, Culture 7. Memory and Dreaming Discussion Notes References Index