Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: We need to Talk about Trauma -- The Structure of the Volume -- A Look Beyond this Volume -- Historical Context -- France in Shock from its Revolution -- Introduction -- The French Revolution as an Experience of Trauma -- The Cruelties of Renewal -- The Effects of Terror on the Populace -- Trauma Through Language -- Conclusion -- References -- The Functions of Humor and Laughter in NarratingTrauma in German Literature of the First World War -- The Response to WW1 in the Literature of the Weimar Republic -- Humor and War Trauma: An Unlikely Combination? -- Jokes and the Impossibility of Communicating Trauma: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1929) -- Trauma as Funny Experience: Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger -- Conclusion -- References -- The Human Body in Nazi Concentration Camps:The Case of Stanisław Grzesiuk -- Introduction -- The Camp as Corporeal Experience -- The Body is also a Metaphor -- Homosexuality -- References -- Traumatic silences in contemporary Australian war fiction -- Silence and Trauma in War Fiction -- The Wing of Night by Brenda Walker -- The Great World by David Malouf -- After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld -- Conclusion -- References -- A Trauma in Hiding: The Case of Jules Marchal -- Introduction -- The Traumatic Impact of Ignorance Revealed -- The 'Chicotte': Symbol of Colonial Atrocities -- The Trauma of the Coloniser -- References -- Socio-political Context -- The Trauma of Culture Shock -- Introduction -- Traumatic Events: The Language of Trauma -- The Trauma of Escape -- Stress of Culture Shock: A Risk Factor for Retraumatization -- The Start of Healing: Expressing the Trauma -- Language Issues -- The Loss of Language -- Conclusion -- References.

Exploring the Edge of Trauma: The Differing Dynamics of Tragedy and the Sublime -- Introduction -- The Artistic Response to Trauma in Ethiopia -- The Question of the Esthetics of Trauma -- Appendix -- References -- Creating a Habitable Everyday in Estonian Women's Diaries of the Repressions of the Stalinist Regime -- Introduction -- "The Extreme and the Everyday" of the Deportation Diary -- Trauma and the Gulag -- Baltic Memories of Soviet Totalitarianism -- A Haunting Manuscript: The Diary of Erna Nagel -- From Loss of Home to Loss of Words: the Diary of Lembi Saksakulm -- Facilitating the Daily, Resisting the Regime -- References -- Trauma in Words: Comparison of the Coverage in Le Devoir and the Toronto Star of the 2010 Haitian Earthquake -- Introduction -- Trauma and Media -- Media and Disaster Coverage -- Media, Frames and Framing -- Key Words -- Methodology for Data Collection -- Analysis -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- "Singular Events" Context -- Metaphors We Li(v)e by: Disease as a Conceptual Metaphor for Sexual Assault -- Introduction -- The Trauma of Sexual Assault -- Cognitive Effects of Sexual Assault -- The Stigma of Sexual Assault -- Conceptual Metaphors -- Metaphors of Trauma -- Dissociation -- The Sexual-assault-as-cancer Metaphor -- Conclusion -- References -- Metamorphosing Difficulties: The Portrayal of Trauma in Autobiographical Comics -- Introduction -- Metamorphosing Difficulties -- Sarah Leavitt - Tangles -- Interview with Sarah Leavitt -- Nicola Streeten - Billy, Me & You -- Interview with Nicola Streeten -- Maureen Burdock- Mona & The Little Smile -- Interview with Maureen Burdock -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Having a Relative with Mental Illness: Beyond the Traditional Definition of Trauma -- Introduction -- The Descriptive-Categorical Model -- The Secondary Trauma Model.

Sense of Self and World Views -- Conclusion -- References -- Theoretical Context -- Breaking the Silence: Reevaluating What Makes an Experience a Trauma -- Introduction -- The Classical Position: Physical Danger -- Meaning-Making and the Attack on the Self -- Break in the Story: The Impact of Trauma on Narrative -- Speaking Their Truths: The Present Study -- The Debate Over Overuse -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Trauma Narrative: Recovery and Posttraumatic Growth - A Clinical Perspective -- Introduction -- Trauma and Personal Narrative -- Posttraumatic Growth - Theoretical Model -- Self-narratives of Trauma Survivors - Analysis -- Structural Characteristics of the Narratives -- Before - After Timeline -- Content Characteristics of the Narratives - Themes -- Acceptance -- Relating to Others -- Changes in Self -- Change in Philosophy of Life -- Summary of Posttraumatic Growth - Patterns of Change -- Conclusions -- References -- Contributors and Editors -- Index.