Traumata /
Atkinson, Meera,
Traumata / Meera Atkinson. - St. Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2018. - 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Meera Atkinson explores the ways trauma reverberates over a lifetime, unearthing the traumatic roots of our social structures and our collective history. Using memoir as a touchstone, Atkinson contemplates the causes of trauma and the scars it leaves on modern society. She vibrantly captures her early life in 1970s and '80s Sydney and her self-reflection leads the reader on a journey that takes in neuroscience, pop psychology, feminist theory and much more. Searing in its truthfulness and beauty, Traumata deals with issues of our time - intergenerational trauma, family violence, alcoholism, child abuse, patriarchy - forging a path of fearless enquiry through the complexity of humanity.
9780702259890
Atkinson, Meera.
Biography: general.
Women college teachers--Australia--Biography.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--Australia--Biography.
Families--Relationships.
Psychic trauma--Patients--Australia--Biography.
Psychic trauma--Social aspects.
Autobiographies.
College teachers--Australia--Biography.
College teachers.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychic trauma.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychic trauma.
Australia.
Australian
Autobiographies.
Biography.
BF175.5.P75 / A85 2018
616.8521
Traumata / Meera Atkinson. - St. Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2018. - 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
Includes bibliographical references.
Meera Atkinson explores the ways trauma reverberates over a lifetime, unearthing the traumatic roots of our social structures and our collective history. Using memoir as a touchstone, Atkinson contemplates the causes of trauma and the scars it leaves on modern society. She vibrantly captures her early life in 1970s and '80s Sydney and her self-reflection leads the reader on a journey that takes in neuroscience, pop psychology, feminist theory and much more. Searing in its truthfulness and beauty, Traumata deals with issues of our time - intergenerational trauma, family violence, alcoholism, child abuse, patriarchy - forging a path of fearless enquiry through the complexity of humanity.
9780702259890
Atkinson, Meera.
Biography: general.
Women college teachers--Australia--Biography.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--Australia--Biography.
Families--Relationships.
Psychic trauma--Patients--Australia--Biography.
Psychic trauma--Social aspects.
Autobiographies.
College teachers--Australia--Biography.
College teachers.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychic trauma.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychic trauma.
Australia.
Australian
Autobiographies.
Biography.
BF175.5.P75 / A85 2018
616.8521
