TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - 'You are always on our mind': The Hillsborough tragedy as cultural trauma
JO  - Acta sociologica
A1  - Hughson, John
A1  - Spaaij, Ramón
SP  - 283
EP  - 295
VL  - 54
IS  - 3
N2  - Twenty years have passed since the Hillsborough tragedy, which eventually resulted in the deaths of 96 supporters of Liverpool Football Club. This article draws upon the cultural trauma theory developed by Piotr Sztompka to provide a sociological understanding of the localized experience of public grief that has followed the tragic occurrence. The authors analyse the different stages of cultural traumatization, with a particular focus on the conflicting EMIC and ETIC representations of the Hillsborough tragedy with regard to opposite constructions of 'truth' and the attribution of blame. It is shown that while Hillsborough may be a matter of recollection and regret for the wider, (inter)national, public, the cultural trauma of Hillsborough for the people of 'Liverpool' is far from over.    Keywords: Soccer; Crowds<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-6993
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0001699311412623
ID  - ref1
ER  -