This book explores the complex relationships that exist between memory, nostalgia, writing and identity.

CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic Books The wartime and postwar cultural histories of Germany and Japan show similar experiences of defeat, occupation, and then

This book illustrates the link that unites memory, thought, and narration, and explores how the act of telling helps people to understand themselves and others.

Stories told within institutions play a powerful role, helping to define not only the institution itself, but also its individual members. How do institutions u

In this volume, contributors present narratives and explore the way they influence the perception of the past. While acknowledging the debate about the validity