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In this study, Jenny Edkins explores how we remember traumatic events such as wars, famines, genocides and terrorism, and questions the assumed role of commemorations as simply reinforcing state and nationhood. Examples of events for discussion include the World Wars, Vietnam and September 11th.Edkins, Jenny is the author of 'Trauma and the Memory of Politics', published 2003 under ISBN 9780521534208 and ISBN 0521534208.
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