Routledge Between Generations: Family Models, Myths and Memories

Explore the deep connections that link family history to the present day with Between Generations: Family Models, Myths and Memories. This Routledge publication examines the powerful memories that shape families across the world. It looks closely at what parents pass down to their children and how conscious and unconscious models, myths, and material inheritance combine to form individual and family life stories. By using a life-story approach, this book offers a fresh way to research family dynamics and social change. It investigates the complex ways that culture and memory influence the way we understand our own histories. This work is ideal for readers interested in how the past continues to influence modern family structures and personal identities through shared narratives and inherited traditions.