Trauma and Media
| Author | : Allen Meek |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2011-02-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135178666 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1135178666 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (666 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Trauma and Media by : Allen Meek
Download or read book Trauma and Media written by Allen Meek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.