Vital Memory and Affect: Living with a difficult past

by Steven Brown

Book Overview

Vital Memory and Affect takes as its subject the autobiographical memories of 'vulnerable' groups, including survivors of child sexual abuse, adopted children and their families, forensic mental health service users, and elderly persons in care home settings. In particular the focus is on a particular class of memory within this group: recollected episodes that are difficult and painful, sometimes contested, but always with enormous significance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415683998
• ISBN13: 9780415683999
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"