Witness and Memory - The Discourse of Trauma (Hardcover)

This is a landmark collection within the anthropology of violence and witness studies, a discipline inaugurated within the last two decades. It accomplishes a tight focus while tackling seemingly disparate topics: from Rigoberat Menchu to O.J. Simpson, and from feminist poetry to Hiroshima Mon Amour. With approaches ranging from anthropological and historical to literary and philosophical, this collection is engaging in both subject matter and writing style.