Ronald Eyerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692813 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald Eyerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald |
| FAMILY NAME | Eyerman |
| SIGNATURE | EYERMAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making Memory
This is a study of how collective memory forms out of traumatic experience. It addresses questions about the formation of collective identity out of individual trauma, and, in turn, how individual and collective trauma intertwine. This process of memory formation is illustrated through the example of an incident that took place in Northern Ireland on 30 January 1972, an event that came to be known as Bloody Sunday. A lawyer representing the famil…
Reply to our critics
We thank Peter Gatrell, Volker M. Heins, and Leo Lucassen for their insightful critiques on The Cultural Trauma of Decolonization. Colonial Returnees in the National Imagination. Their comments show that the history of postcolonial migrations remains an important, and under-exploited, strategic research material. They also highlight the potential fruitfulness of cultural trauma theory to analyse at least some dimensions of their impacts. All part…
Staging Solidarity
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is a modern social drama that enabled the nation's apartheid past to be constructed as a cultural trauma, and by doing so created a new collective narrative of diversity and inclusion. The TRC relied primarily on testimonies from victims and perpetrators of apartheid violence who came forward to tell their stories in a public forum. Rather than simply serving as data for setting the hist…
Making Memory
This is a study of how collective memory forms out of traumatic experience. It addresses questions about the formation of collective identity out of individual trauma, and, in turn, how individual and collective trauma intertwine. This process of memory formation is illustrated through the example of an incident that took place in Northern Ireland on 30 January 1972, an event that came to be known as Bloody Sunday. A lawyer representing the famil…
Staging Solidarity
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is a modern social drama that enabled the nation's apartheid past to be constructed as a cultural trauma, and by doing so created a new collective narrative of diversity and inclusion. The TRC relied primarily on testimonies from victims and perpetrators of apartheid violence who came forward to tell their stories in a public forum. Rather than simply serving as data for setting the hist…
Reply to our critics
We thank Peter Gatrell, Volker M. Heins, and Leo Lucassen for their insightful critiques on The Cultural Trauma of Decolonization. Colonial Returnees in the National Imagination. Their comments show that the history of postcolonial migrations remains an important, and under-exploited, strategic research material. They also highlight the potential fruitfulness of cultural trauma theory to analyse at least some dimensions of their impacts. All part…
Making Memory
This is a study of how collective memory forms out of traumatic experience. It addresses questions about the formation of collective identity out of individual trauma, and, in turn, how individual and collective trauma intertwine. This process of memory formation is illustrated through the example of an incident that took place in Northern Ireland on 30 January 1972, an event that came to be known as Bloody Sunday. A lawyer representing the famil…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · South African History and Culture (2 works) · 1994 (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Apartheid (1 works)