Through case studies that examine historical and contemporary crises across the world, the contributing writers to this volume explore the cultural and social construction of trauma. How do some events get coded as traumatic and others which seem equally painful and dramatic not? Why do culpable groups often escape being categorised as perpetrators? These are just some of the important questions answered in this collection. Some of the cases analysed include Mao's China, the Holocaust, the Katyn Massacre and the Kosovo trauma. Expanding the pioneering cultural approach to trauma, this book will be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students of sociology.

About the Author
Ron Eyerman, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Elizabeth Butler Breese

Reviews

"The book makes a convincing case that the moral lessons of the last century remain ambiguous and contested."
-Andrew Moravcsik in Foreign Affairs

Book Information
ISBN 9781594518874
Author Ronald Eyerman
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 430g