Transmitted wounds : media and the mediation of trauma / Amit Pinchevski. [electronic resource]

Author/Creator:

Pinchevski, Amit, 1971- author.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (201 pages)

Subjects:

Collective memory -- Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma -- Social aspects.
Mass media and history.

Summary:

'Transmitted Wounds' explores the ways media technology shapes the the social life of trauma both clinically and culturally. Through a series of case studies - from the radiocasts of the Eichmann trial to virtual reality therapy for PTSD - Pinchevski offers a bold thesis about the deep association of media and trauma: media bears witness to the human failure to bear witness, making the traumatic technologically transmissible and reproducible.

Contents:

Introduction: the mediation of failed mediation
Radiocasting trauma
Videography and testimony
Screen trauma
The digital future of traumatic past: virtual testimony
The digital future of traumatic past: virtual therapy
Conclusion: wounding transmissions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Previously issued in print: 2019.

ISBN:

0-19-755970-0
0-19-062559-7

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