Traumata / Meera Atkinson
- Bib ID:
- 7507681
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Atkinson, Meera, author
- Description:
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- St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2018
- ©2018
- 285 pages : illlustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780702259890 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 9780702260865 (epub)
- 9780702260858 (pdf)
- Summary:
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A brilliant, fiercely profound work of creative non-fiction in the vein of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts. In this extraordinary book, 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:
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- Includes bibliographical references.
- NLApp74126
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2018
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