UID:
almahu_9949866041702882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781040035672
,
1040035671
,
9781003472735
,
1003472737
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9781040035719
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104003571X
Series Statement:
Victims, culture and society
Content:
This book contributes to the study of collective memory and the sociology of terrorism by analysing the role of memorialization in relation to terrorism, its victims, and the broader society. While various social scientists have extensively theorized and analysed how trauma and memory interact, grow apart, and reinforce each other, this book puts the rights and needs of the victims centre-stage. Departing from the prescriptive, legal blueprints of memory, this book introduces the concept of memorial needs' to challenge and complement existing victimological frameworks. It critically assesses the efficacy of public memorialization and its success in assisting those affected by violence by exploring how victims engage with memory and memorialization. It investigates personal and collective responses to urban terrorism in Europe that have taken a wide range of forms including media coverage, spontaneous memorials and public mobilizations, literary and artistic works, trials, and controversial counter-terrorism measures. Making a case against the fetishization of memory as an overarching answer to curing visible and invisible wounds provoked by violence, Victims and Memory After Terrorism sends out a practical invitation to the field to 'repair symbolic reparations' in a way that memorialisation is not just an expression of potential, an aspiration for a more moral and just society and a promise of healing for the victimised. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of victimology, criminology, sociology, politics and those interested in the relationship between collective memory and terrorism.
Note:
Victims and memory after terrorism -- Trauma as a trigger: facing the unthinkable -- The victim tag: victimhood as a virtue and a burden -- Dealing with the present: media and terror -- Architecture of terror: museums, memorials and monuments -- (Un)bound by memory: commemorating the victims -- The placebo memory.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781032751511
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032751517
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032751597
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032751592
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003472735
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003472735
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