Books+ Search Results
Chronicling trauma : journalists and writers on violence and loss
Author
Title
Chronicling trauma : journalists and writers on violence and loss / Doug Underwood.
ISBN
9780252036408 (cloth)
0252036409 (cloth)
Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
Physical Description
244 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 21, 2011
Series
The history of communication
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. Trauma, news, and narrative: the study of violence and loss in journalism and fiction
Stories of harm, stories of hazard: childhood stress and professional trauma in the careers of journalist-literary figures
Trafficking in trauma: women's rights, civil rights, and sensationalism as a spur to social justice
Trauma in war, trauma in life: the pose of the "heroic" battlefield correspondent
Depression, drink, and dissipation: dysfunctional lifestyles and art as the ultimate stimulant
Epilogue. New challenges, new treatments: trauma and the contemporary journalist-literary figure.
Subjects
Bookmark As
Citation
