Lipsi forms a modern construction that has disconnected from its past. Recently, the community has formed a collective identity reconstructed from fragments of collective memory. This book is an ethnographic account of the mythology proposed by the community and examines how history and collective memory tightly interconnect.
Language
English
Pages
213
Format
Hardcover
Release
December 18, 2013
ISBN 13
9781137362735
Myth, Representation, and Identity: An Ethnography of Memory in Lipsi, Greece
Lipsi forms a modern construction that has disconnected from its past. Recently, the community has formed a collective identity reconstructed from fragments of collective memory. This book is an ethnographic account of the mythology proposed by the community and examines how history and collective memory tightly interconnect.