{"product_id":"trauma-and-the-mediated-self-9781666967494","title":"Trauma and the Mediated Self","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrauma and the Mediated Self: Contemporary Life Writing Across Media\u003c\/i\u003e examines twenty-first century representations of trauma in life writing across several media, including printed-word memoir, graphic memoir, autodocumentary, and autobiographical video games. Through careful analysis, Loredana Bercuci uncovers the medium-specific demands for the representation of trauma in life writing in the context of the contemporary memoir boom. She broadly argues that for a trauma representation to be considered successful, each medium adapts its own means to adhere to a certain definition of trauma and in this manner a particular piece of life writing is accepted as a successful and reliable representation of trauma. The representation of trauma in these autobiographical media has created a new trauma aesthetics that is defined by a cautious (re)engagement with the real.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50469728387415,"sku":"9781666967494","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666967494.jpg?v=1744896075","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/trauma-and-the-mediated-self-9781666967494","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}