Seen, seared and sealed: Trauma and the visual presentation of september 11

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-101

  Pollard, Jennifer ^a  

^a member of the Photography and the Archive Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Media; Photography; Psychoanalysis; Risk; Terrorism; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEMORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TERRORISM; THEORY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VISUAL MEMORY; WITNESS;

EID: 79951690020     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2010.540647     Document Type: Article

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