The Myths We Live By

Raphael Samuel and Paul Thompson

Introduction, Raphael Samuel and Paul Thompson, Part I: The Making of Myth; 1: History and the Myth of Realism, Elizabeth Tonkin; 2: Myths in Life Stories, Jean Peneff; 3: Mythbiography in Oral History, Luisa Passerini; 4: Myths in Contemporary Oral Transmission: A Children's Strike, Rosanna Basso; Part II: Nationhood and Minorities; 5: The Anzac Legend: Exploring National Myth and Memory in Australia, Alistair Thomson; 6: William Wallace and Robert the Bruce: Life and Death of a National Myth, Marinell Ash; 7: Myth, Impotence, and Survival in the Concentration Camps, Anna Bravo, Lilia Davite, and Daniele Jalla; 8: Abraham Esau's War, 1899-1901: Martyrdom, Myth, and Folk Memory in Calvinia, South Africa, Bill Nasson; Part III: Manhood and Images of Women; 9: Free Sons of the Forest: Storytelling and the Construction of Identity Among Swedish Lumberjacks, Ella Johannson; 10: Uchronic Dreams: Working-Class Memory and Possible Worlds, Alessandro Portelli; 11: Myth as Suppression: Motherhood and the Historical Consciousness of the Women of Madrid, 1936-9, Elena Cabezali, Matilde Cuevas, and Maria Teresa Chicote; 12: Myth as a Framework for Life Stories: Athapaskan Women Making Sense of Social Change in Northern Canada, Julie Cruikshank; 13: Stories to Live By: Continuity and Change in Three Generations of Puerto Rican Women, Rina Benmayor, Blanca Vazquez, Ana Juarbe, and Celia Alvarez, Part IV: Family Stories; 14: Ancient Greek Family Tradition and Democracy: From Oral History to Myth, Rosalind Thomas; 15: The Power of Family Myths, John Byng-Hall, interviewed by Paul Thompson; 16: Changing Images of German Maids During the Inter-War Period in the Netherlands: From Trusted Help to Traitor in the Nest, Barbara Henkes; 17: Stepchildren's Memories: Myth, Understanding, and Forgiveness, Natasha Burchardt; Bibliography; Index