Jody Lyneé Madeira (Indiana University-Bloomington School of Law) has posted Dissertation Chapter 1: Collective Memory, Cultural Trauma, Group Membership, and the Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This chapter provides an overview of the scholarship on collective memory and cultural trauma, and addresses the efficacy of legal proceedings as a vehicle for constructing collective memory and healing cultural trauma. It also discusses the groups that formed in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, describes memorial objects such as the AEDPA and the Oklahoma City National Memorial, and explicates the methodological assumptions that guide the dissertation project. Chapter 2 addresses the ramifications of group membership upon the formation of social frameworks of collective memory.