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.
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.