Languages of Trauma
History, Memory, and Media
Jason Crouthamel editor Julia Barbara Köhne editor Peter Leese editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Published:24th Mar '21
Should be back in stock very soon
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.
"This collection significantly advances trauma studies, a field destined to continue to grow, expand its intellectual purchase and deepen the extent and complexity of its interdisciplinary reach."
-- Joy Porter, University of Hull * Social History of MedicineISBN: 9781487508968
Dimensions: 235mm x 159mm x 28mm
Weight: 700g
424 pages