Informit article: Trauma talk

While selected articles are available in full on this website, all Arena Quarterly, Arena Magazine and Arena Journal articles are available for purchase in PDF format from Informit.

Abstract:

Didn’t get that job, relationship breakdown, bad loss in the semi-final? These kinds of losses can now colloquially be described using the ‘T’ word. No longer unusual or noteworthy, ‘trauma’ has become common usage for the narration of personal distress.

Details / PDF:

The full-text PDF of this article can be purchased from Informit.

Support Arena

Independent publications and critical thought are more important than ever. Arena has never relied on or received government funding. It has sustained its activities largely through the voluntary work and funding provided by editors and supporters. If Arena is to continue and to expand its readership, we need your support to do it.