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Memory studies

memory rooted in ordinary people's firsthand experience in small communities, set against official memory promoted by leaders and institutions.

In memory studies, vernacular memory refers to memory rooted in ordinary people's firsthand experience in small communities, set against official memory promoted by leaders and institutions. This meaning comes from Bodnar (1991) in Remaking America.[1]

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References

Bodnar, J. (1991). Remaking America. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691216188

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