Trauma and Affect
(Mis)Understanding Pain in Art and Culture
by Ernst van Alphen ; design by Sam de Groot

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Auteur(s)

Ernst van Alphen

Uitgever, jaar

Amsterdam : Valiz, 2026

Omvang

288 p., geïllustreerd, 23,5 cm.

ISBN

978-94-93246-56-0

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Trauma and Affect: both concepts have become increasingly important since the 1990s. In those years, a turn to trauma and a bit later also to affect took place. The concepts were being used in a great variety of ways, and in many disciplines and domains, such as queer studies, feminism, cultural analysis, art critique, literary studies and postcolonial studies, as well as in disciplines such as sociology, and even in economics. Although the gain of this turn to affect and trauma is interesting, it has also resulted in major confusion; the terms have been overused and exhausted, and thus lost their power. Ernst van Alphen looks at both trauma and affect through the lens of visual artworks and literature, drawing from many sources and disciplines.

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Persoon als onderwerp

Armando, Francis Bacon, Christian Boltanski, Félix González-Torres, Roni Horn, Ram Katzir, Zbigniew Libera, Steve McQueen, Ronald Ophuis, David Levinthal, Roee Rosen, Douglas Sirk, Andrew Wyeth, Artur Żmijewski, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Vasily Aksyonov, Tadeusz Borowski, Dmitry Bykov, Charlotte Delbo, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Eva Hoffman

Trefwoorden

trauma , emotions

Bevat

indices , noten / notes , bibliografie / bibliography