Underwood, Doug.

Chronicling trauma : journalists and writers on violence and loss / Doug Underwood. - Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource. - The history of communication .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

A searing study of the intersection of journalism, fiction, and traumatic violence.



9780252093432 9781283292948 9786613292940 661329294X

2019716608


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.


Electronic Books.

PN4784 / .C476 2011