Society's use of the hero following a national trauma

American Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-52

  Goren, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grief; Heroes; Society; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; FIRE FIGHTER; SOCIETY; SURVIVAL; TERRORISM; VICTIM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347250127     PISSN: 00029548     EISSN: 15736741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ajp.3350013     Document Type: Article

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