Capturing Memories: The Art of Reminiscing - Couverture souple

Woolf, Vivienne; Rosefield, Jeanie; Stanton, Pat; Gordon, Sue

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0853034400 ISBN 13 : 9780853034407

Editeur : Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

In today's fast-paced world, older people find little opportunity to tell stories and pass on the wisdom of their experience and years. They remember the past clearly, but the art of storytelling has been lost. Reminiscence classes revive this art. People's lives are recalled and valued through listening, talking and discussing; and, at the same time, a wealth of social history is preserved for posterity. This book shows how this has been achieved in a local Jewish community and how easily the reader could do the same in their own community, Jewish or otherwise. Capturing Memories has 12 chapters, each depicting a different facet of East End Jewish life between the Wars. There are a further two chapters on the process of reminiscing and the value of remembering the past: appendices provide additional suggestions and guidelines concerning this process. The illustrations are rare and each one informs or entertains the reader.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Vivienne Woolf is a published writer who has worked as a volunteer for Jewish Care for ten years. She co-edited a collection of writings by the elderly which came out of her workshops and which was published by Jewish Care in 1998. Jeanie Rosefield, a psychologist, was a Director of Jewish Care for eight years, with the responsibility for community and special day-care centres. To date she has trained more than 200 volunteers all over London to continue this work and runs weekly classes. Pat Stanton was a non-degree student in the Hebrew and Jewish Studies Department at University College London. She has been involved for the past eight years in all aspects of volunteer and staff training for reminiscence and runs groups for Jewish Care. Sue Gordon worked for 19 years at Jewish Care. Since her retirement, she has worked on a freelance basis for several organisations, including Jewish Care. The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, and British ORT.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0853034400
• ISBN 13: 9780853034407
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible