Trauma and Media Theories, Histories, and Images

This book provides the first comprehensive account of trauma as a critical concept in the study of modern visual media, from Freud to the present day, looking at how the psychoanalytic theory of trauma was adapted by the cultural critics Walter Benjamin,Theodor Adorno, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, and Slavoj Zizek.

Info autore

Allen Meek is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, Massey University.

Riassunto

This book provides the first comprehensive account of trauma as a critical concept in the study of modern visual media, from Freud to the present day, looking at how the psychoanalytic theory of trauma was adapted by the cultural critics Walter Benjamin,Theodor Adorno, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, and Slavoj Zizek.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Allen (Massey University Meek, Meek Allen, Allen Meek
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 27.03.2014
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781138774872
• ISBN: 978-1-138-77487-2
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Serie: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Categorie: Media Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Criticism, PHOTOGRAPHY / Criticism, critical theory application, trauma in mass media discourse, media and trauma studies