Languages of Trauma

Languages of Trauma explores how, and for what purposes, trauma is expressed in historical sources and visual media.

Peter Leese is an associate professor in the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
Crouthamel Jason :

Jason Crouthamel is a professor in the Department of History at Grand Valley State University.
Köhne Julia Barbara :

Julia Barbara Köhne is FONTE visiting professor in the Faculty of Culture, Social Sciences and Education at Humboldt-University Berlin.

"This collection significantly advances trauma studies, a field destined to continue to grow, expand its intellectual purchase and deepen the extent and complexity of its interdisciplinary reach."

Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Newcastle, Australia:

"Languages of Trauma is a valuable addition to the growing field of trauma studies, most notably for its willingness to engage with topics in a contemporary timeframe, to put cultural representation alongside clinical understandings, to consider the perpetrator as well as the victim/survivor, and to go beyond the Anglo-American experience of the world wars."

Aris Mousoutzanis, Principal Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies, University of Brighton:

"Languages of Trauma provides an introduction to a different strand of trauma theory, outlining critiques of earlier generations in the history of the discipline and analysing new avenues and approaches currently trending. With its scope, ambition, and interdisciplinarity, this book provides a major contribution to research."