Writing History, Writing Trauma (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society)

Trauma and its often symptomatic aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra provides a broad-ranging, critical …

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