Writing History, Writing Trauma - Couverture souple

LaCapra, Dominick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1421414007 ISBN 13 : 9781421414003

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014

Synopsis

An updated edition of a major work in trauma studies.

Trauma and its aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra critically analyzes attempts by theorists and literary critics to come to terms with trauma and with the crucial role post-traumatic testimonies—notably Holocaust testimonies—assume in thought and in writing. These attempts are addressed in a series of six interlocking essays that adapt psychoanalytic concepts to historical analysis, while employing sociocultural and political critique to elucidate trauma and its aftereffects in culture and in people. This updated edition includes a substantive new preface that reconsiders some of the issues raised in the book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dominick LaCapra is the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies emeritus at Cornell University. His books include History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence and History, Literature, Critical Theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1421414007
• ISBN 13: 9781421414003
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible