Memory in Mind and Culture

Pascal Boyer

Washington University

James V. Wertsch

Washington University

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Memory in mind and culture / edited by Pascal Boyer, James V. Wertsch.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-521-76078-2 (hardback) – ISBN 978-0-521-75892-5 (pbk.)
1. Memory – Social aspects. 2. Collective memory. 3. Recollection (Psychology)
4. Cognition and culture. 5. Oral tradition. I. Boyer, Pascal.
II. Wertsch, James V. III. Title.
BF 378.S65M475 2009
153.1′2–dc22  2009007297

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