TY - BOOK AU - Savelsberg,Joachim J. AU - King,Ryan D. TI - American memories: atrocities and the law T2 - Rose series in sociology AV - HM1027.U6 S38 2011eb U1 - 909 23 PY - 2011///] CY - New York PB - Russell Sage Foundation KW - Collective memory KW - United States KW - Atrocities KW - War crimes KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : how Maurice Halbwachs died and how we remember him -- From law to collective memory : breaking cycles of violence? -- What the literature tells us, and unchartered terrain -- Constructing and remembering the My Lai massacre (with Rajiv Evan Rjan and Lacy Mitchell) -- From Vietnam to Iraq : bridging metaphors, mnemonic struggles, and haunting (with Jeremy Minyard) -- Slobodan Milosevic through lenses of law, diplomacy, and media reporting (with Courtney Faue and Yu-Ju Chien) -- The shape of American memories and a German comparison -- From collective memory to law : theoretical interlude -- How Aamerican memory shapes hate crime law and a German comparison -- Commemorating injustice and implementing hate crime law across jurisdictions in the United States -- Conclusions : atrocities, law and collective memory in America and beyond UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/zegu/Doc?id=11151833 ER -