Nigel C. Hunt

Memory, War and Trauma

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A compelling examination of how societal and cultural factors can influence psychological responses to war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780521716253
• ISBN-10: 052171625X
• Artikelnr.: 29338788

Autorenporträt

Nigel C. Hunt is an associate professor at the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations at the University of Nottingham. His main research area is traumatic stress, particularly but not solely in relation to war. Theoretically, he favours an interdisciplinary approach, and increasingly draws on narrative theory and method.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Background and purpose
2. Historical perspective
3. Methods and ethics
4. Current theory: post-traumatic stress disorder
5. Approaches to understanding trauma
6. Positive outcomes of traumatic experiences
7. Memory and history
8. Personal narrative and social discourse
9. Illustrating narrative as a scientific technique: the role of social support
10. Ageing, trauma and memory
11. Literature and trauma
12. Memorialisation and commemoration
13. Battlefield tours
14. Conclusions and future directions.