PTSD and the Politics of Trauma in Israel : A Nation on the Couch /
"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, has long been defined as a mental trauma that solely affects the individual. However, against the backdrop of contemporary Israel, what role do families, health experts, donors, and the national community at large play in interpreting and responding to...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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London :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Beyond the Secret Confines of the Clinic: An Ethnographic Journey Tracing the Politics of Trauma in Israel; 1 Birth of Agencies, Birth of an Interpretative Framework; 2 Trauma and Capital: Bearers of Knowledge, Keepers of Cashboxes; 3 Trauma and the Camera: Labelling Stress, Marketing the Fear; 4 They Shoot, Cry, and Are Treated: The "Clinical Nucleus" of Trauma among IDF Soldiers; 5 Man, Woman, and Disorder: Trauma in the Intimate Sphere of the Family.
- 6 Wandering PTSD: Ethnic Diversity and At-Risk Groups across the Country7 Taking Hold: Resilience Program in the Southern Town of Sderot; 8 A Nation on the Couch: Treading Cautiously around Sensitive Clinical and Political Domains; References; Index.