Bearing Witness to the Witness: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Four Modes of Traumatic Testimony

by Dana Amir

Book Overview

Bearing Witness to the Witness examines the different methods of testimony given by trauma victims and the ways in which these can enrich or undermine the ability of the reader to witness them. Years of listening to both direct and indirect testimonies on trauma has lead Dana Amir to identify four modes of witnessing trauma: the "metaphoric mode", the "metonymic mode," the "excessive mode" and the "Muselmann mode." In doing so, the author...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138505307
• ISBN13: 9781138505308
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"