Languages of Trauma: History, Memory, and Media (G - Reference,information And Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.)

By: Peter Leese and Julia Barbara Köhne and Jason Crouthamel

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Synopsis: This volume traces the distinct cultural languages in which individual and collective forms of trauma are expressed in diverse variations, including oral and written narratives, literature, comic strips, photography, theatre, and cinematic images. The central argument is that traumatic memories are frequently beyond the sphere of medical, legal, or state intervention. To address these different, often intertwined modes of language, the contributors provide a variety of disciplinary approaches to foster innovative debates and provoke new insights. Prevailing definitions of trauma can best be understood according to the cultural and historical conditions within which they exist. Languages of Trauma explores what this means in practice by scrutinizing varied historical moments from the First World War onwards and particular cultural contexts from across Europe, the United States, Asia, and Africa – striving to help decolonize the traditional Western-centred history of trauma, dissolving it into multifaceted transnational histories of trauma cultures.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 424 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781487539412
Related ISBNs:: 9781487508968
Publisher:: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Date of Addition:: 03/04/21
Copyrighted By:: University of Toronto Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Psychology, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Peter Leese
Edited by:: Jason Crouthamel
Edited by:: Julia Barbara Köhne