Traumascapes : The Power and Fate of Places Transformed by Tragedies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tumarkin, Maria.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma--Social aspects.

Psychic trauma.

Violent deaths--Social aspects.

Violent deaths.

Terrorism--Social aspects.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2005.

Summary:

'Traumascapes are a distinctive category of places transformed physically and psychically by suffering, part of a scar tissue that stretches across the world.'Maria Tumarkin grew up in the old Soviet Union, and emigrated to Australia as a teenager. In 2004, she embarked on an international odyssey to investigate and write about major sites of violence and suffering. Traumascapes is a powerful meditation on the places she visited: Bali, Berlin, Manhattan, Moscow, Port Arthur, Sarajevo, and the field in Pennsylvania where the fourth plane involved in the attacks of September 11 2001 crashed. In a time when terror and tragedy flourish these locations exhibit a compelling power, drawing pilgrims and tourists from around the world who want to understand the meaning of the traumatic events that unfolded there. In traumascapes, life goes on but the past is still unfinished business.

Contents:

Intro

TRAUMASCAPES

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I GOING TO GROUND

PART II FACE TO FACE WITH A TRAUMASCAPE

THE POINT OF NO RETURN

RUNNING [IN A TRAUMASCAPE]

HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE DEAD

CYCLING [IN A TRAUMASCAPE]

RUINS DO NOT LIE

STANDING STILL [IN A TRAUMASCAPE]

PART III THE FATE OF TRAUMASCAPES

ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INTEREPRETATIONS

IT GOES ON

IN THE END

NOTES

GOING TO GROUND

RUNNING (In a Traumascape)

CYCLING (In a Traumascape)

STANDING STILL (In a Traumascape)

ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INTERPRETATIONS

INDEX.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780522864663

052286466X