Mythscapes: Memory, mythology, and national identity

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-81

  Bell, Duncan S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History; Memory; Mythology; Mythscape; National identity; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEMORY; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MEMORY; METAPHOR; MYTHOLOGY; NARRATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0038727202     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007131032000045905     Document Type: Review

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