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The Past in the Present Culture and the Transmission of Memory
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In this paper, a theory of cultural trauma with reference to slavery and the formation of an African American identity was proposed, and the concepts of collective memory and collective identity were discussed and linked with the theory of intellectual generations, with the notion of an "African American" emerged as part of the efforts of a generation of black intellectuals to come to grips with their, individual and collective, rejection by American society after being promised full integration following the end of the Civil War.Abstract:
The aim of this article is to outline a theory cultural trauma, with reference to slavery and the formation of an African American identity. With this in mind, the concepts 'collective memory' and 'collective identity' are discussed and linked with a theory of intellectual generations. It is proposed that the notion of an 'African American' emerged as part of the efforts of a generation of black intellectuals to come to grips with their, individual and collective, rejection by American society after being promised full integration following the end of the Civil War (1861-5). Slavery, not so much as experience, but as a form of memory, was a focal point of reference in this process.read more
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How Societies Remember
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