Languages of Trauma

This fascinating edited collection sets out to advance and define the ‘third wave’ of trauma studies. It seeks to move discussion beyond the definition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) arrived in 1980 towards a wider and more holistic analysis that includes film, art, letters, theatre, diaries and music. Thus it considers how traumatic memory is articulated within medical contexts and within immediate personal contexts, but also encompasses wider cultural and social contexts and mass media. Chapters explore trauma articulations in various historical and national contexts from the First World onwards, particularly within Europe, the USA, Asia and Africa. The aim is to advance how trauma as a defining preoccupation of our time is understood, to make space for contributions from outside the Anglo-American academic community and for greater interdisciplinarity. Another key desire is to give systematic attention to the perspective of the traumatised and to the social, communal and therapeutic significance of artistic interventions that speak to those perspectives. Part 1 focuses on individuals and small groups, Part 2 on public performance and community engagement. Parts 3 and 4 look at key aspects of what has justifiably been called the ‘trauma boom’ and at how a discourse on trauma and psychological disruption has now entered the mainstream and become part of creative language

Aesthetics · Art · Mainstream · Media studies · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Traumatic stress · Visual arts · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · South African History and Culture · Gender Studies · History · Law

• Horror, Trauma, and George A. Romero’s Martin (1978)

  Adam Lowenstein•English Language Notes•2021

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