The travelling concepts of narrative /

This chapter addresses how concepts of narrative and narration have been used in theories of cultural trauma. My point of departure is an article by Wulf Kansteiner and Harald Weilnböck, where they criticize the concept of cultural trauma or what they call the paradigm of "deconstructive trauma...

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Other Authors: Hyvärinen, Matti (Editor), Hatavara, Mari (Editor), Hydén, Lars-Christer, 1954- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Co., [2013]
Series:Studies in narrative ; v. 18.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:This chapter addresses how concepts of narrative and narration have been used in theories of cultural trauma. My point of departure is an article by Wulf Kansteiner and Harald Weilnböck, where they criticize the concept of cultural trauma or what they call the paradigm of "deconstructive trauma discourse." They argue that this paradigm not only misuses the concept of psychological trauma by adapting it to a cultural realm, but also r2013efuses to recognize the significance of narratives in trauma therapy. I will challenge their criticism by taking a closer look at how the concept of cultural traum.
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 311 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027271969
9027271968
9781299662117
1299662110
ISSN:1568-2706 ;