Cultural Memory: Resistance, Faith, and Identity

by Ted Fortier and Jeanette Rodríguez

Sangre llama a sangre. (Blood cries out to blood.)--Latin American aphorism

The common "blood" of a people--that imperceptible flow that binds neighbor to neighbor and generation to generation--derives much of its strength from cultural memory. Cultural memories are those transformative historical experiences that define a culture, even as time passes and it adapts to new influences. For oppressed peoples, cultural memory engenders the spirit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292716648
• ISBN13: 9780292716643
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"