{"product_id":"the-trauma-question-9780415402712","title":"The Trauma Question","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Trauma Question\u003c\/em\u003e 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 âtrauma cultureâ 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Trauma Question\u003c\/em\u003e offers a significant and fascinating step forward for those seeking a great\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cstrong\u003ePart One: Etymology \u003c\/strong\u003e1. The Genealogy of a Concept \u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: Cultural Symptoms \u003c\/strong\u003eIntroduction: Trauma and Narrative Knowledge 2. Trauma in Narrative Fiction 3. My So-Called Life: The Memoir Boom 4. The Intrusive Image: Photography and Trauma 5. Flashbacks, Mosaics and Loops: Trauma and Narrative Cinema Afterward Bibiography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455983550807,"sku":"9780415402712","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415402712.jpg?v=1755033320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-trauma-question-9780415402712","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}