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Traumascapes: The Power and Fate of Places Transformed by Tragedy

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"Traumascapes are a distinctive category of places transformed physically and psychically by suffering, part of a scar tissue that stretches across the world." Maria Tumarkin grew up in the old Soviet Union, and emigrated to Australia as a teenager. In 2004, she embarked on an international odyssey to investigate and write about major sites of violence and suffering. Traumascapes is a powerful meditation on the places she visited: Bali, Berlin, Manhattan, Moscow, Port Arthur, Sarajevo, and the field in Pennsylvania where the fourth plane involved in the attacks of September 11 2001 crashed. In a time when terror and tragedy flourish these locations exhibit a compelling power, drawing pilgrims and tourists from around the world who want to understand the meaning of the traumatic events that unfolded there. In traumascapes, life goes on but the past is still unfinished business.

Language: English

Pages: 279

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Melbourne University

Release: July 01, 2005

ISBN: 0522851770

ISBN 13: 9780522851779

Traumascapes: The Power and Fate of Places Transformed by Tragedy

4/5 ( ratings)

"Traumascapes are a distinctive category of places transformed physically and psychically by suffering, part of a scar tissue that stretches across the world." Maria Tumarkin grew up in the old Soviet Union, and emigrated to Australia as a teenager. In 2004, she embarked on an international odyssey to investigate and write about major sites of violence and suffering. Traumascapes is a powerful meditation on the places she visited: Bali, Berlin, Manhattan, Moscow, Port Arthur, Sarajevo, and the field in Pennsylvania where the fourth plane involved in the attacks of September 11 2001 crashed. In a time when terror and tragedy flourish these locations exhibit a compelling power, drawing pilgrims and tourists from around the world who want to understand the meaning of the traumatic events that unfolded there. In traumascapes, life goes on but the past is still unfinished business.

Language: English

Pages: 279

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Melbourne University

Release: July 01, 2005

ISBN: 0522851770

ISBN 13: 9780522851779

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