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The survivor in contemporary culture and public discourse: a genealogy

Orgad, Shani (2009) The survivor in contemporary culture and public discourse: a genealogy. Communication Review, 12 (2). pp. 132-161. ISSN 1071-4421

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Identification Number: 10.1080/10714420902921168

Abstract

This article sketches a genealogy examining the production of the concept of “the survivor” in contemporary culture and public discourse across five discursive sites in mainly western (particularly Anglo-American) cultures: the Holocaust, psychotherapy, feminist discourses of childhood and sexual abuse, reality TV, and discourses of health and illness. It argues that the survivor has become a meaningfully visible, cultural notion and a desirable role that individuals are encouraged to assume, rendering the categories of victim and the dead false and illegitimate. The article concludes by arguing for the need in contemporary public and highly mediated space to expand the range of explanatory frameworks through which individuals, especially those experiencing suffering, come to think, judge, and act.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10714421.ht...
Additional Information: © Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
Divisions: Media and Communications
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2009 15:53
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 22:35
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/24883

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