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Traumata / Meera Atkinson.
Van Pelt Library BF175.5.P75 A85 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Atkinson, Meera, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atkinson, Meera.
- College teachers--Australia--Biography.
- College teachers.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Psychic trauma.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 285 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- regular print
- Place of Publication:
- St Lucia, Queensland : UQP (University of Queensland Press), 2018.
- Summary:
- Meera Atkinson explores the ways trauma reverberates over a lifetime, unearthing the traumatic roots of our social structures and our collective history. Using memoir as a touchstone, Atkinson contemplates the causes of trauma and the scars it leaves on modern society. She vibrantly captures her early life in 1970s and '80s Sydney and her self-reflection leads the reader on a journey that takes in neuroscience, pop psychology, feminist theory and much more. Searing in its truthfulness and beauty, Traumata deals with issues of our time - intergenerational trauma, family violence, alcoholism, child abuse, patriarchy - forging a path of fearless enquiry through the complexity of humanity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285).
- ISBN:
- 9780702259890
- 0702259896
- OCLC:
- 1015334884
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