On memory construction and fictionalization

• Main Author: Ngoi, Guat Peng
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Memory work; Memories of violence
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82273; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41175
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As a response to Ashis Nandy's article about the memory work, this article argues that memories are closely linked to recognition, identity and historical construction while closely connected with local discourse based on post-colonial experiences. In some cases, the construction of memory invo...