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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 testimonies - notably Holocaust testimonies - assume 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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: theory & methods

• Full title: Writing History, Writing Trauma
• Author: Dominick LaCapra
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• EAN: 9781421414003
• ISBN: 1421414007
• ID: 04791914
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Weight: 332 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 147 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. October 2014

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