
Re: The Drowning Girl - Chapter 4
This idea of 'memes' is an interesting element in Kiernan's book. I have encountered the idea before but was not sure of its precise meaning ... so here is a dictionary definition .. 'a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes'. I can see the link between hauntings and memes but also that memes could easily be something that Imp would fixate on. In some respects, her way of looking at her own past is filled with what she perceives to be 'memes' (of course, this is part of her insanity) ...
