Cultural Trauma of Decolonization

Ron Eyerman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Yale University, USA, and affiliated with the Department of Sociology at the University of Lund, Sweden. He is the author of Memory, Trauma, and Identity (2019), Cultural Trauma (2001), and Music and Social Movements (1998), among many other titles. His interests include cultural and social movement theory, critical theory, cultural studies, and the sociology of the arts.Giuseppe Sciortino is Professor of Sociology at the Università di Trento, Italy. He is the author of Rebus Immigrazione (2017) and the co-author of Great Minds: Encounters with Social Theory (2011, with G. Poggi). His interests include cultural sociology, social solidarity, and international migration studies.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Italian Decolonization: Multidirectional Migrations, Multidirectional Memories.- 3. Japanese Narratives of Decolonization and Repatriation from Manchuria.- 4. Trauma and the Last Dutch War in Indonesia, 1945-1949.- 5. Beyond the "Trauma": Legitimization and Revenge of the "Anciens du Congo".- 6. Pied-Noir Trauma and Identity in Postcolonial France, 1962-2010.- 7. Trauma and the Portuguese Repatriation: A Confined Collective Identity.- 8. Conclusion.