Where do I find secondary sources? - Core 154 SW - Social Memory (Shetler Fall 2019) - Harold & Wilma Good Library at Goshen College

Searching in the catalog

Searching the library catalog is one of the best ways to find solid academic books, ebooks and journal articles about your topic. However it isn't always easy to find what you are looking for on the first try. Here are some tips and tricks that might help you out.

1. Find the subject heading that best fits your topic.

Searching for "9/11" won't get you a whole lot of good results. However searching for su:September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) will get you much better ones. To find the subject term that best fits your topic, experiment with different keywords and once you find one item that appears to be close to your topic, click on it and open up Description. There you will see the subject headings associated with that item. Click on one that looks helpful and it will take you to a search of just items connected to that specific topic.

2. Browse related subject headings or add them to your topic

There are a couple of subject headings that are directly connected to the broad field of Social Memory and might be useful for you to either browse directly or combine with your specific topic subject heading.

3. Use interlibrary loan to expand your search

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Ebooks available through the library

Memory and Migration by Julia Creet (Editor); Andreas Kitzmann (Editor)
ISBN: 9781442641297
Publication Date: 2011-02-19
Memory plays an integral part in how individuals and societies construct their identity. While memory is usually considered in the context of a stable, unchanging environment, this collection of essays explores the effects of immigration, forced expulsions, exile, banishment, and war on individual and collective memory. The ways in which memory affects cultural representation and historical understanding across generations is examined through case studies and theoretical approaches that underscore its mutability. Memory and Migration is a truly interdisciplinary book featuring the work of leading scholars from a variety of fields across the globe. The essays are collaborative, successfully responding to the central theme and expanding upon the findings of individual authors. A groundbreaking contribution to an emerging field of study, Memory and Migration provides valuable insight into the connections between memory, place, and displacement.
Forgetful Memory by Michael Bernard-Donals; M. Bernard-Donals
ISBN: 9780791476710
Publication Date: 2009-01-08
Time and Memory in Indigenous Amazonia by Carlos Fausto (Editor); Michael Heckenberger (Editor)
ISBN: 9780813030609
Publication Date: 2007-08-26
These groundbreaking essays by internationally renowned anthropologists advance a simple argument--that native Amazonian societies are highly dynamic. Change and transformation define the indigenous history of the Amazon from before European conquest to the present.
Voices of Collective Remembering by James V. Wertsch
ISBN: 9780521810500
Publication Date: 2002-07-15
There is currently a great deal of discussion in the humanities and social sciences about collective memory, but there is very little agreement on what it is. The first goal of this volume is to review various understandings of this term to bring some coherence to the discussion. Drawing on this review, James V. Wertsch goes on to outline a particular version of collective remembering grounded in the use of 'textual resources', especially narratives. This takes him into the special properties of narrative that shape this process and into the issues of how these textual resources are produced and consumed. Wertsch brings these general ideas to life by examining the rapid, massive transformation of collective memory during the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet Russia.
Prosthetic Memory by Alison Landsberg
ISBN: 9780231129268
Publication Date: 2004-04-14
Prosthetic Memory argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. The technologies of mass culture make it possible for anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, to share collective memories -- to assimilate as deeply felt personal experiences historical events through which they themselves did not live.
National Trauma and Collective Memory by Arthur G. Neal
ISBN: 9780765602862
Publication Date: 1998-04-30
Contents: Collective sadness, fear, and anger -- Society as moral community -- The Great Depression -- The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor -- The communist menace -- The Cuban missile crisis -- The assassination of President Kennedy -- The Vietnam war -- The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. -- The Watergate affair -- Technological accidents : the Challenger explosion, travel accidents, Three Mile Island, calamities to come -- Collective memory.
Southern Farmers and Their Stories by Melissa Walker
ISBN: 9780813124094
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
The industrial expansion of the twentieth century brought with it a profound shift away from traditional agricultural modes and practices in the American South. The forces of economic modernity -- specialization, mechanization, and improved efficiency -- swept through southern farm communities, leaving significant upheaval in their wake. In an attempt to comprehend the complexities of the present and prepare for the uncertainties of the future, many southern farmers searched for order and meaning in their memories of the past. In Southern Farmers and Their Stories, Melissa Walker explores the ways in which a diverse array of farmers remember and recount the past. The book tells the story of the modernization of the South in the voices of those most affected by the decline of traditional ways of life and work. Walker analyzes the recurring patterns in their narratives of change and loss, filling in gaps left by more conventional political and economic histories of southern agriculture.