PTSD
Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Jerry Lembcke | ISBN: | 9780739186251 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | December 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jerry Lembcke |
| ISBN: | 9780739186251 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | December 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America is a historical and cultural study of war-trauma diagnoses dating from Shell Shock in WWI, through its reformulation as PTSD in the post-Vietnam War years, and then to its enhancement with traumatic brain injury in the twenty-first century. In the context of American defeats in war, PTSD has morphed from a socially-constructed diagnostic category into a political and cultural trope with implications for American masculinity and national identity.
PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America is a historical and cultural study of war-trauma diagnoses dating from Shell Shock in WWI, through its reformulation as PTSD in the post-Vietnam War years, and then to its enhancement with traumatic brain injury in the twenty-first century. In the context of American defeats in war, PTSD has morphed from a socially-constructed diagnostic category into a political and cultural trope with implications for American masculinity and national identity.
