{"product_id":"trauma-culture-the-politics-of-terror-and-loss-in-media-and-literature-paperback-softback-9780813535913","title":"Trauma Culture; The Politics of Terror and Loss in Media and Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813535913","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrauma Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics of Terror and Loss in Media and Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. Ann Kaplan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813535913\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 July 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This book will have significant impact in film and media studies because Kaplan so skillfully 'translates' the most interesting work done in trauma studies and takes it in new and original directions. It is illuminating, lucid, and persuasive.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Patrice Petro (author of Aftershocks of the New: Feminism and Film History) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is an important, compelling, and timely contribution to trauma studies and film and media studies. It is an engaging read-a real page-turner-not only because of its conversational style and beautiful prose but also because it addresses some of the most complex psychological issues facing our culture today.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - W. Alton Jones (Vanderbilt University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Kaplan offers a rich yet concise discussion of trauma culture from objective and personal perspectives, without sacrificing scholarly rigor. Memory, mourning, testimony, and witnessing are key terms, but the book's special strength is Kaplan's expert discussion of film and the media and the ways in which they position spectators. A first-rate, sophisticated introduction to the field. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e It may be said that every trauma is two traumas or ten thousand-depending on the number of people involved. How one experiences and reacts to an event is unique and depends largely on one's direct or indirect positioning, personal psychic history, and individual memories. But equally important to the experience of trauma are the broader political and cultural contexts within which a catastrophe takes place and how it is \"managed\" by institutional forces, including the media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTrauma Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, E. Ann Kaplan explores the relationship between the impact of trauma on individuals and on entire cultures and nations. Arguing that humans possess a compelling need to draw meaning from personal experience and to communicate what happens to others, she examines the artistic, literary, and cinematic forms that are often used to bridge the individual and collective experience. A number of case studies, including Sigmund Freud's Moses and Monotheism, Marguerite Duras' La Douleur, Sarah Kofman's Rue Ordener, Rue Labat, Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, and Tracey Moffatt's Night Cries, reveal how empathy can be fostered without the sensationalistic element that typifies the media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From World War II to 9\/11, this passionate study eloquently navigates the contentious debates surrounding trauma theory and persuasively advocates the responsible sharing and translating of catastrophe. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction : 9\/11 and \"\u003cbr\u003edisturbing remains\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cbr\u003eWhy trauma now?\"\u003cbr\u003e : Freud and trauma studies\u003cbr\u003e Memory as testimony in World War II : Freud, Duras, and Kofman\u003cbr\u003e Melodrama and trauma : displacement in Hitchcock's Spellbound\u003cbr\u003e Vicarious trauma and \"\u003cbr\u003eempty\"\u003cbr\u003e empathy : media images of Rwanda and the Iraq War\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cbr\u003eTranslating\"\u003cbr\u003e trauma in postcolonial contexts : indigeneity on film\u003cbr\u003e The ethics of witnessing : Maya Deren and Tracey Moffatt\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue : \"\u003cbr\u003eWounded New York\"\u003cbr\u003e : rebuilding and memorials to 9\/11\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685677330712,"sku":"9780813535913","price":25.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trauma-culture-the-politics-of-terror-and-loss-in-media-and-literature-paperback-softback-9780813535913","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}