The trauma question /
Author / Creator: | Luckhurst, Roger. |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. |
Description: | x, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7299646 |
Summary: | 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 covers a diverse range of cultural works, including writers such as Toni Morrison, Stephen King and W. G. Sebald, artists Tracey Emin, Christian Boltanski and Tracey Moffatt, and film-makers David Lynch and Atom Egoyan. The Trauma Question offers a significant and fascinating step forward for those seeking a greater understanding of the controversial and ever-expanding field of trauma research. nbsp; |
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Physical Description: | x, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780415402729 (hard back : alk. paper) 0415402727 (hard back : alk. paper) 9780415402712 (paper back : alk. paper) 0415402719 (paper back : alk. paper) |