The sound of the perpetrator – thoughts on trauma and voice in Big Little Lies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15064705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juliet Rogers (0000-0003-0304-5266, The University of Melbourne), J INNES ROGERS (The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law/text/culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1322-9060 • E-ISSN: 2200-7121 |
| Publisher | University of Wollongong Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14453/ltc.716 |
| OpenAlex | W3204837310 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Sound is as much part of the atmospheres of justice as is touch or image or even smell. Sound gets into the body and it leaves a mark. Sometimes that mark can be called violence, sometimes harm, and sometimes a crime. In this article I discuss how sound, as voice as well as the other nebulous sonic elements, such as grunts, shuffles and sighs, can leave a mark that can be called trauma. Using psychoanalysis I discuss theories of trauma as they intersect with experiences of sound in the courtroom as well as in fictional narratives. I examine the mark of trauma, as an experience of rape, as it appeared in the series Big Little Lies and I discuss how it can appear in the courtroom using psychoanalysis and the work of thinkers on sexual assault, on voice and on sound. I conclude that sound cannot not be part of the thinking on justice for victim-survivors of sexual assault, as well as of other interpersonal crimes
Acoustics · Physics · Communication · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Modern American Literature Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |