E. Ann Kaplan explores the relationship between the impact of trauma on individuals and on entire cultures and nations. Arguing that humans possess a need to dr

The contributors to this volume look to the future of feminist theory and practice, specifically in terms of their complex relationship with the global and loca

Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Television debates the ways in which melodrama expresses and gives meaning to: trauma and pathos; memory and historical re-vi

This book examines recent cinematic representations of the traumatic legacies of national and international events and processes. Whilst not ignoring European a

This volume addresses the relation of trauma to transnational modern mass media. The first of its kind, Trauma and Cinema: Cross-Cultural Explorations provides