Trauma Question

<p>In this book Roger Luckhurst both introduces and advances the fields of cultural memory and trauma studies tracing the ways in which ideas of trauma have become a major element in contemporary Western conceptions of the self. </p><p><em>The Trauma Question</em> outlines the origins of the concept of trauma across psychiatric legal and cultural-political sources from the 1860s to the coining of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in 1980. It further explores the nature and extent of ‘trauma culture’ from 1980 to the present drawing upon a range of cultural practices from literature memoirs and confessional journalism through to photography and film. The study covers a diverse range of cultural works including writers such as Toni Morrison Stephen King and W. G. Sebald artists Tracey Emin Christian Boltanski and Tracey Moffatt and film-makers David Lynch and Atom Egoyan.</p><p><em>The Trauma Question</em> offers a significant and fascinating step forward for those seeking a greater understanding of the controversial and ever-expanding field of trauma research. </p>