The Trauma Question
In this book, Roger Luckhurst both introduces and advances the fields of cultural memory and trauma studies, tracing the ways in which ideas of trauma have become a major element in contemporary Western conceptions of the self. The Trauma Question outlines the origins of the concept of trauma across psychiatric, legal and cultural-political sources from the 1860s to the coining of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in 1980. It further explores the nature and extent of 'trauma culture' from 1980 to the present, drawing upon a range of cultural practices from literature, memoirs and confessional journalism through to photography and film. The study…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-136-01502-1
- EAN: 9781136015021
- Produktnummer: 22634798
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'398 KB
- Abbildungen: 6 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen
Über den Autor
Roger Luckhurst teaches in the School of English and Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of The Angle Between the Walls: The Fiction of J.G. Ballard (1997), The Invention of Telepathy (2002) and Science Fiction (2005).
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