Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Beyond the Secret Confines of the Clinic: An Ethnographic Journey Tracing the Politics of Trauma in Israel 3
5. Birth of Agencies, Birth of an Interpretative Framework 23
6. Trauma and Capital: Bearers of Knowledge, Keepers of Cashboxes 44
7. Trauma and the Camera: Labelling Stress, Marketing the Fear 60
8. They Shoot, Cry, and Are Treated: The “Clinical Nucleus” of Trauma among IDF Soldiers 78
9. Man, Woman, and Disorder: Trauma in the Intimate Sphere of the Family 102
10. Wandering PTSD: Ethnic Diversity and At-Risk Groups across the Country 117
11. Taking Hold: Resilience Program in the Southern Town of Sderot 138
12. A Nation on the Couch: Treading Cautiously around Sensitive Clinical and Political Domains 158
13. References 171
14. Index 179