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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-101421414007

ISBN-139781421414003

eBay Product ID (ePID)202472149

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Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWriting History, Writing Trauma

SubjectHolocaust, Semiotics & Theory, Psychopathology / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd)

Publication Year2014

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Psychology, History

AuthorDominick Lacapra

SeriesParallax: Re-Visions of Culture and Society Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight11.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2013-045489

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"LaCapra's analysis of trauma is folded into an ambitious and compelling reflection on the possibilities for a genuinely cross-disciplinary theoretical dialogue on history . . . Important reading not only to trauma theorists and their critics, but to historians and literary critics of all persuasions invested in rethinking the relationship between trauma, history, and ethics."? SubStance , reviewing a previous volume "Thoughtful and compelling . . . LaCapra's discussions of historiography, philosophy, and psychoanalysis are extraordinarily lucid, and this book is a brilliant example of some of the capabilities of contemporary trauma theory in analyzing representations of trauma."? Tikkun , reviewing a previous volume "The strength of LaCapra's text lies in its urgency, in the clarity of its commitment to historiographic adequacy and the constructive potential of a psychoanalytic mode of interpretation, and in its appeal to a sense of civic responsibility."? Criticism , reviewing a previous volume "Until now trauma studies lacked the kind of discerning metacommentary that would adjudicate among its emergent logics, truth claims, intellectual strategies, objects of analysis, and scholarly positions. That dream of totalization, however, is precisely what LaCapra casts doubt upon in his important new book."? Modernism/Modernity , reviewing a previous volume "Insightful and compassionate . . . LaCapra both uses and transcends contemporary critical theory in assessing the influence of trauma on present-day historical writing."? Holocaust and Genocide Studies , reviewing a previous volume

Grade FromCollege Freshman

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal940.53/18072

Table Of ContentPreface 2004 Preface to the First Edition 1. Writing History, Writing Trauma 2. Trauma, Absence, Loss 3. Holocaust Testimonies: Attending to the Victim's Voice 4. Prepetrators and Victims: The Goldhagen Debate and Beyond 5. Interview for Yad Vashem (June 9, 1998) 6. Conclusion: Writing (about) Trauma Index

SynopsisTrauma 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., 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 testimoniesnotably Holocaust testimoniesassume in thought and in ......, 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 testimoniesnotably Holocaust testimoniesassume in thought and in writing. These attempts are addressed in a series of six interlocking essays adapting psychoanalytic concepts to historical analysis, which, in turn, elucidates 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.

LC Classification NumberD804.348.L34 2014