Oral history, trauma and September 11, comparative oral history

Open Access
Authors
Publication date 2013
Host editors
  • P. Pierre
Book title September 11th-12th: the individual and the State faced with terrorism
ISBN
  • 9782705687045
Event September 11th-12th: the individual and the state faced with terrorism
Pages (from-to) 141-159
Publisher Paris: Hermann
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR)
Abstract It is argued in this article that the study of the trauma of september 11 can gain from other studies of disaster, Oral history is an excellent tool to study these trauma's, since traumatized stories are fragmented and layered. Listening will bring about a confrontation with the creaton of unavoidable myth.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
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sept_11_edited_volume.pdf (Accepted author manuscript)
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