Narrating the Silence of Trauma

Joseph, SA

Narrating the Silence of Trauma

Joseph, SA

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Publisher:: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Trauma, Media, Art: New Perspectives, 2010, 1, pp. 146 - 159
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	Joseph, SA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4978-6633	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Broderick, M	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Traverso, A	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Trauma, Media, Art: New Perspectives, 2010, 1, pp. 146 - 159	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4438-2283-1	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Silence is a ubiquitous by-product of traumatic crime but when the subjects of such crime finally decide to speak, the interview process itself can be a traumatising experience. Furthermore, the handling of information by the journalist, particularly in long form narrative, is integral to that experience. Contextualising these narratives within the genre of literary journalism, this essay is an exploration of professional practice when dealing with traumatic memory in subjects. The essay draws on interviews that form part of a manuscript of creative non-fiction entitled Speaking Secrets. It calls for a greater academic discussion of empathy as a tool of journalism, rather than as a notion often regarded as anathema to the discipline.	en_US
dc.publisher	Cambridge Scholars Publishing	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Trauma, Media, Art: New Perspectives	en_US
dc.title	Narrating the Silence of Trauma	en_US
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Abstract:

Silence is a ubiquitous by-product of traumatic crime but when the subjects of such crime finally decide to speak, the interview process itself can be a traumatising experience. Furthermore, the handling of information by the journalist, particularly in long form narrative, is integral to that experience. Contextualising these narratives within the genre of literary journalism, this essay is an exploration of professional practice when dealing with traumatic memory in subjects. The essay draws on interviews that form part of a manuscript of creative non-fiction entitled Speaking Secrets. It calls for a greater academic discussion of empathy as a tool of journalism, rather than as a notion often regarded as anathema to the discipline.

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