Trauma and culture: on Freud’s writing about trauma and its resonances in contemporary cultural discourse
Shinebourne, Pnina (2006) Trauma and culture: on Freud’s writing about trauma and its resonances in contemporary cultural discourse. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 22 (3) . pp. 335-345. ISSN 0265-9883 [Article] (doi:10.1111/j.1752-0118.2006.tb00289.x)
Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper considers Freud's concept of trauma and its resonances in contemporary cultural discourse, focusing on the complex temporality and the unknowable dimension of traumatic experience. The paper traces the shifting emphasis from Freud's initial intent to discover the original traumatic event, towards accepting the indeterminacy of what can be known in this experience. It is suggested that this psychoanalytic understanding of trauma provides a key perspective for considering the problematic issue of representation of'real' events in the broader cultural domain. The approach to trauma discussed in this paper offers a framework in which it is possible to allow multiple interpretations and shifting perspectives on events, to stay open to unknowable dimensions, and at the same time to accept the presence of layers from the past. Lastly, the impact of Freud's insights on trauma on historical, literary and cinematic discourse is explored through discussing a few examples in detail.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology > Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research group A. > School of Science and Technology > Psychology > Applied Health Psychology group |
| Item ID: | 3588 |
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| Depositing User: | Devika Mohan |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2010 07:51 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2016 14:16 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/3588 |
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