Mobilizing memory

Collective memory schemas and the social boundaries of Jews in Toronto

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ID2147662
AuthorsJoshua Harold (University of Toronto, corresponding author), Eric Fong (0000-0003-1147-0182, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Year2018
Volume41
Issue2
Pages343-361
Publication date2018-01-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2017.1344719
OpenAlexW2734429102
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited47

This paper examines how collective memory informs residential choices by analysing the residential patterns of Jews in Toronto. Our study extends the literature on collective memory and ethnic boundaries to include understandings about how our socio-historical and cultural worlds shape our environment and give it meaning. We argue that collective memory functions symbolically within Jewish neighbourhoods to reproduce meanings about group status and belonging as well as to direct association patterns that manifest as durable residential enclaves. Our findings show how residential clustering patterns reflect the behavioural consequences of the group's collective memory. Through an in-depth qualitative analysis, we identify four collective memory schemas for ethnic residential clustering which serve as prominent scripts that shape the Jewish residential landscape in Toronto

Autobiographical memory · Cognitive psychology · Collective identity · Collective memory · Ethnic group · Meaning (existential · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology

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