Autobiographical remembering as cultural practice: Understanding the interplay between memory, self and culture

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-64

  Wang, Qi ^b   Brockmeier, Jens ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Cultural practice; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036108807     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X02008001618     Document Type: Review

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