Naming and framing victims: Identity, ‘usable’ victimhood, and the spectral turn in transitional justice

Drawing from the literature on victimology, memory studies, and transitional justice, this article critically examines how representations of victimhood in post-conflict memory activism are rooted in contemporaneous claims-making. Using the collective remembrance of the events of August 1969 in Belf...

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Authors: Hearty, Micheál (Author) ; Hearty, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: International review of victimology
Year: 2024, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 70-88
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Political Violence
Commemoration
Transitional Justice
Collective Memory
Victimology