Culture, trauma, and conflict : cultural studies perspectives on war /

War was pervasive in the 20th century, and the 21st century seems to hold little promise of improvement. It remains one of the world's most destructive forces, which, on a daily basis, touches the lives of millions of people. To increase an understanding of the pervasiveness and destructiveness...

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Other Authors: Carpentier, Nico (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781443878944
1443878944
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Table of contents; introduction; part i:; "fort living room"; good grief:; media, genocide and hotel rwanda; photos for access:; part ii:; abu ghraib, war media and the grayzones of imperial citizenship; torture:; part iii:; news images as lived images; american infants; life and death in the shadowof the a-bomb; intersecting traumas; from individual tragedyto societal dislocation; about the authors; author index; subject index.