Victims and Memory After Terrorism

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.

Autorentext

Ana Milosevic is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for Criminology, KU Leuven, Belgium.

Inhalt

1.Victims and memory after terrorism 2.Trauma as a trigger: facing the unthinkable 3.The victim tag: victimhood as a virtue and a burden 4.Dealing with the present: media and terror 5.Architecture of terror: museums, memorials and monuments 6.(Un)bound by memory: commemorating the victims 7.The placebo memory Notes on methodology Index