Trauma and the Mediated Self - Contemporary Life Writing Across Media

This book analyzes contemporary representations of trauma in life writing across several media, interrogating the specificity of each medium. The author argues that the representation of trauma in these autobiographical media has created a new trauma aesthetics that is defined by a cautious (re)engagement with the real.

List of contents

Chapter 1
Contemporary Culture, Memory, Trauma, Life Writing and the Mediated Self
Chapter 2
Trauma and the Memoir Boom
Chapter 3
Trauma in Graphic Memoirs
Chapter 4
Trauma in Autobiographical Documentaries
Chapter 5
Trauma in Autobiographical Video Games

About the author

Loredana Bercuci

Summary

This book analyzes contemporary representations of trauma in life writing across several media, interrogating the specificity of each medium. The author argues that the representation of trauma in these autobiographical media has created a new trauma aesthetics that is defined by a cautious (re)engagement with the real.

Product details

• Authors: Loredana Bercuci
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9781666967494
• ISBN: 978-1-66696-749-4
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA