TY  - CHAP
AB  - Based on interviews with 27 victims’ family members and survivors, this chapter explores how memory of the Oklahoma City bombing was constructed through participation in groups formed after the bombing and participation in the trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. It first addresses the efficacy of a collective memory perspective. It then describes the mental context in which interviewees joined groups after the bombing, the recovery functions groups played, and their impact on punishment expectations. Next, it discusses a media-initiated involuntary relationship between McVeigh and interviewees. Finally, this chapter examines execution witnesses’ perceptions of communication with McVeigh in his trial and execution.
VL  - 45
SN  - 978-1-84855-090-2, 978-1-84855-091-9/1059-4337
DO  - 10.1016/S1059-4337(08)45003-2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1059-4337(08)45003-2
AU  - Lyneé Madeira Jody
ED  - Austin Sarat
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Blood relations: Collective memory, cultural trauma, and the prosecution and execution of timothy McVeigh
T2  - Studies in Law, Politics and Society
T3  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 75
EP  - 138
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -