Traumata / Meera Atkinson.
Publication details: St. Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2018.Description: 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 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
- 616.8521 23
- BF175.5.P75 A85 2018
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 616.852 ATK | Available | 068108 |
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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.
