Chronicling trauma : journalists and writers on violence and loss / Doug Underwood.

Author/creator Underwood, Doug
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, ©2011.
Description244 pages ; 24 cm.
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Supplemental Contentebrary
Subjects
Violence--Press coverage.
Psychic trauma--Press coverage.
War correspondents--Mental health.
Authors, American--Psychology.
Violence in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Journalists--United States. --Biography.
Journalists--Great Britain. --Biography.
Journalism and literature--United States.
Journalism and literature--Great Britain.

SeriesThe history of communication
History of communication. ^A389071
Contents Introduction. Trauma, news, and narrative: the study of violence and loss in journalism and fiction -- Stories of harm, stories of hazard: childhood stress and professional trauma in the careers of journalist-literary figures -- Trafficking in trauma: women's rights, civil rights, and sensationalism as a spur to social justice -- Trauma in war, trauma in life: the pose of the "heroic" battlefield correspondent -- Depression, drink, and dissipation: dysfunctional lifestyles and art as the ultimate stimulant -- Epilogue. New challenges, new treatments: trauma and the contemporary journalist-literary figure.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011012406
ISBN9780252036408 (cloth)
ISBN0252036409 (cloth)