Transmitted Wounds: Media and the Mediation of Trauma
New York: Oxford University Press (2019), vii, 186 pp.
Contains illustrations, diagrams, index
ISBN 978-0-19-760079-5 (pbk); 978-0-19-062559-7 (ebook)
Signature commbox: 10-Conflicts-E 2019
"Transmitted Wounds explores the ways media shape the social life of trauma both clinically and culturally. Through a series of case studies - from the radiocasts of the Eichmann trial to virtual reality therapy for PTSD - Pinchevski offers a bold thesis about the deep association of media and trauma: media bear witness to the human failure to bear witness, making the traumatic technologically transmissible and reproducible." (Publisher description)
Introduction: the mediation of failed mediation, 1
1 Radiocasting trauma, 22
2 Videography and testimony, 43
3 Screen trauma, 65
4 The digital future of traumatic past: virtual testimony, 87
5 The digital future of traumatic past: virtual therapy, 112
Conclusion: wounding transmissions, 139
1 Radiocasting trauma, 22
2 Videography and testimony, 43
3 Screen trauma, 65
4 The digital future of traumatic past: virtual testimony, 87
5 The digital future of traumatic past: virtual therapy, 112
Conclusion: wounding transmissions, 139
