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AMST 384 1st Edition Lecture 10Outline of Last Lecture II. Icons of American OriginsIII. PlymouthIV. Plymouth RockV. Forefather’s DayVI. ThanksgivingVII. Anti-Thanksgiving HolidaysOutline of Current Lecture VIII. DefinitionsRecitation:Official Memory- support the dominant perspectiveEx: pledge of allegiance, official holidaysVernacular Memory- memory associated with certain groups of people, more diverse and changingEx: Day of Mourning-Native American against ThanksgivingPublic Memory-combination between official and vernacularDominant Perspective-most acceptedResidual Memory- beliefs or rituals that reflect past but now not necessarily trueEx: sun up, sun down- we know this isn’t true but we still use it as a sayingEmergent Memory- thought that is challenging residual or dominant memories, upcomingEx: democracy was an emergent memory during RevolutionCognivized Memory- take event and shove them into forms by deciding how to understand specific event, take historical event into story that serves a purposeEx: Plymouth Rock and Thanksgiving These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Conventionalization- forcing memories and histories rehearsed so it has a different meaning, distortions, like the game telephoneEx: Pocahontas made into a love storyRetrospective Nominalization- taking an idea of the present and putting it on the past, applying present thoughts onto past eventsEx: WWI on the Great WarDialectic-issue of having 2 sides, often resolved through compromiseEx: Does MLK Day represent his history or celebration of American’s history? 2 sidesHistoriography- history of history, study of what decisions historians decide to study and in whatway memory theorists decide to study and whySocial Construction- group decision by society that creates a norm that can changeEx: gender roles of males and femalesThanksgiving- now a family holiday and less about PilgrimsImagined Communities- we are connected to everyone but will never meet everyone in our community, soverign groupInvented Tradition- a practice understood and accepted, tradition put forth of beliefs and values that are socially constructedEx: celebration of Eucharist-not exactly same wine or bread as we use today3 Types:-Social Cohesion-Establish/Legitamize Institutions - Spread Beliefs and Social NormsEx: Mother’s Day-created holiday but because of this we celebrate


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