Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Film and Media

Digital Cultures and the Politics of Time and Memory

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Palgrave Macmillan


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This book expounds how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) became so ubiquitous. The relationships between trauma, memory, and media, including the cultural, psychological, and social dimensions of PTSD are analysed. This work provides an examination of PTSD across diverse cultural contexts, shedding light on its profound impact on human experience and societal structures. This work addresses the role of social media internationally, the pornography industry, and conspiracy theories, in perpetuating trauma and shaping societal attitudes. From feature films, including Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, and Jacob’s Ladder, to hit television shows such as the BBC’s Bodyguard, visual cultures have been instrumental in popularizing an understanding of PTSD. Often these are traditional “triumph over adversity” narratives. In others what is relevant is the wider postwar political landscape. Controversial wars have led to mental health problems for returning soldiers, depicted as part of a metaphoric wound for a nation. At its heart, America is concerned with the survival of the fittest, a Social Darwinist creed fused with manifest destiny and turbo capitalism. Any weaknesses, such as mental problems including PTSD, contradicted and challenged the essence of the pioneering American spirit. A book on PTSD at this moment is necessary, as the subject has become popularized and politicized, just as “madness” became a term to define an era. Through advocating for interdisciplinary approaches to foster healthier perspectives and support, here we come to a deeper understanding of how digital cultures have impacted the politics of time and memory.
Pages
222 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2025-03-29
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9783031828720
EAN PDF
9783031828737

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2
Nombre pages imprimables
22
Taille du fichier
4936 Ko
Prix
126,59 €
EAN EPUB
9783031828737

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Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
22
Taille du fichier
522 Ko
Prix
126,59 €

Professor Jason Lee is a Chartered Psychologist, elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and Professor of Film, Media and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester. The author/editor of 20 books, these include Culture, Madness and Wellbeing: Beyond the Sociology of Insanity (Springer 2023), Sex Robots: The Future of Desire (Palgrave 2017), and Nazism and Neo-Nazism in Film and Media (2018).

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