LEADER 03760nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910821112803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-13444-2 010 $a9786613807021 010 $a0-8135-4116-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813541167 035 $a(OCoLC)974671303 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC977456 035 $a(DE-B1597)529569 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813541167 035 $a(CKB)2670000000230586 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000230586 100 $a20041005d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTrauma culture $ethe politics of terror and loss in media and literature /$fE. Ann Kaplan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-3590-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-179) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINTRODUCTION: 9/11 and ?Disturbing Remains? --$tCHAPTER 1. ?Why Trauma Now?? --$tCHAPTER 2. Memory as Testimony in World War II --$tCHAPTER 3. Melodrama and Trauma --$tCHAPTER 4. Vicarious Trauma and ?Empty? Empathy --$tCHAPTER 5. ?Translating? Trauma in Postcolonial Contexts --$tCHAPTER 6. The Ethics of Witnessing --$tEPILOGUE: ?Wounded New York? --$tNOTES --$tWORKS CITED --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aIt may be said that every trauma is two traumas or ten thousand-depending on the number of people involved. How one experiences and reacts to an event is unique and depends largely on one's direct or indirect positioning, personal psychic history, and individual memories. But equally important to the experience of trauma are the broader political and cultural contexts within which a catastrophe takes place and how it is "managed" by institutional forces, including the media. In Trauma Culture, E. Ann Kaplan explores the relationship between the impact of trauma on individuals and on entire cultures and nations. Arguing that humans possess a compelling need to draw meaning from personal experience and to communicate what happens to others, she examines the artistic, literary, and cinematic forms that are often used to bridge the individual and collective experience. A number of case studies, including Sigmund Freud's Moses and Monotheism, Marguerite Duras' La Douleur, Sarah Kofman's Rue Ordener, Rue Labat, Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, and Tracey Moffatt's Night Cries, reveal how empathy can be fostered without the sensationalistic element that typifies the media. From World War II to 9/11, this passionate study eloquently navigates the contentious debates surrounding trauma theory and persuasively advocates the responsible sharing and translating of catastrophe. 606 $aTerrorism in motion pictures 606 $aDisaster films$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPsychic trauma in motion pictures 606 $aPsychic trauma in literature 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCulture in motion pictures 615 0$aTerrorism in motion pictures. 615 0$aDisaster films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPsychic trauma in motion pictures. 615 0$aPsychic trauma in literature. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCulture in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/6552 700 $aKaplan$b E. Ann$0460790 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821112803321 996 $aTrauma culture$91350124 997 $aUNINA