This volume collects and reprints the most important essays of the late Barbara Myerhoff. The excellent introductory essay by Marc Kaminsky effectively relates Myerhoff's work to important theoretical trends in anthropology and cultural studies from the mid-1980s. His essay is a major contribution to this volume and an appropriate guide and framing for the essays that follow.
Language
English
Pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Release
October 15, 1992
ISBN
0472081772
ISBN 13
9780472081776
Remembered Lives: The Work of Ritual, Storytelling, and Growing Older
This volume collects and reprints the most important essays of the late Barbara Myerhoff. The excellent introductory essay by Marc Kaminsky effectively relates Myerhoff's work to important theoretical trends in anthropology and cultural studies from the mid-1980s. His essay is a major contribution to this volume and an appropriate guide and framing for the essays that follow.