Memory and Emotion: (Basque) Women's Stories Constructing Meaning from Memory

Memory and Emotion: (Basque) Women's Stories Constructing Meaning from Memory

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Memory and Emotion: (Basque) Women's Stories denounces the silence to which women—particularly those who withdraw from adopting a male-dominated discourse—have been subject. This is a collection about women whose stories were long silenced or disregarded: diasporic and exiled women, activists, militant scholars, avant-garde writers, and forerunners of women's rights. The researchers and contributors to this volume have dared to remember and retell the stories of those women who blazed a trail through unchartered territory—women whose contributions have been overlooked and ignored. In that sense, each contribution to Memory and Emotion: (Basque) Women's Stories could be deemed a metatextual process of memory construction—a process of meaning-making from past experiences, knowledge, and identity. The chapters focus on relevant questions such as: Does emotion help us remember? How do emotions affect the ability to recall memories? Does memory contribute to adaptation? Does restoring one's self—individually and/or collectively—mean daring to remember? And is oblivion necessary for survival?

ISBN

9781949805338

Publisher

Center for Basque Studies, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno

Publication Date

2021

City

Reno

Keywords

Basque literature

Memory and Emotion: (Basque) Women's Stories Constructing Meaning from Memory

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