Trauma and media theories, histories, and images
This book provides the first comprehensive account of trauma as a critical concept in the study of modern visual media, from Freud to the present day, explaining how contemporary trauma studies emerged from research on Holocaust representation in which the audiovisual testimony of survivors was pose...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Routledge research in cultural and media studies ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798354106719 |
| Sumario: | This book provides the first comprehensive account of trauma as a critical concept in the study of modern visual media, from Freud to the present day, explaining how contemporary trauma studies emerged from research on Holocaust representation in which the audiovisual testimony of survivors was posed as an authentic alternative to popular television and film dramatizations. It argues that the media coverage of 9/11 and the subsequent 'war on terror,' however, has revealed how the formation of communities of witness and commemoration around 'traumatic events' can perpetuate violence and ineq |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135178659 9781135178666 9781282376755 9786612376757 9780203863190 |
