Daughter Zion's Trauma: A Trauma Informed Reading of Lamentations

by James Yansen

Utilizing insights from trauma studies, Daughter Zion's Trauma advances the view that awareness of trauma's potential effects sheds light on many of the book of Lamentations' complex literary features, and suggests new interpretive possibilities. Three characteristic features of traumatic experiences make this concept useful for a critical reading of Lamentations: 1) survivors' testimonies often convey a history that is not straightforwardly referential;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463207441
• ISBN13: 9781463207441
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"