[ecrea] new publication - Culture, Trauma, and Conflict (Book of the Month - July 2015) - 60% discount

[with apologies for self-promotion]

From
http://www.cambridgescholars.com/book-of-the-month-july-2015

Book of the Month - July 2015
29 June 2015

Our July Book of the Month is Culture, Trauma, and Conflict 
(http://www.cambridgescholars.com/culture-trauma-and-conflict-2nd-edition) 
by Nico Carpentier. Nico’s study, now in its second edition, makes for 
essential reading as war remains one of the world’s most destructive 
forces and continues to affect the lives of millions of people on a 
daily basis.

Cultural War Studies has an important role to play in furthering our 
understanding of the pervasiveness and destructiveness of the 
institution of war. It utilises the critical vocabulary of Cultural 
Studies by analysing the constructions that push us towards a glorified 
killing of fellow human beings and then try to make us forget the 
intensity and durability of the trauma. The first part of this book 
focuses on the diversity of media that generate meanings and definitions 
of past and contemporary wars. The second part of the book moves away 
from media representations, and focuses on torture and incarceration. 
Although in this part the materiality of war and conflict is very 
present, these analyses again show the importance of the constructions 
of enemy identities and (the acceptability of) violent practices. The 
third and final part of the book is related to memory and trauma. A 
series of 20th century conflicts and wars are revisited to demonstrate 
the cultural durability of war and the interconnection of these wars 
with present-day discourses and practices through the dialectics of 
remembering, commemorating and forgetting.

To find out more, please click here to read a sample extract and 
contents page: http://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/62637

We are offering all of our readers a generous 60% discount on this 
best-selling title. To redeem your discount, please enter the 
promotional code BOMJUL15 during checkout. Please note that this is a 
time-limited offer that will expire on 2nd August 2015.

Please see below for highlights of the praise this book’s first edition 
received:

“The value of this edited collection lies in its focus on questions of 
ideology, discourse and representation in relation to war. Nico 
Carpentier has assembled a useful collection that applies the critical 
tools of cultural studies to the complex and varied media 
representations of interstate war and military conflict.”

—European Journal of Communication

“Culture, Trauma, and Conflict is a prime example of how the concepts of 
Cultural Studies can be successfully applied to War Studies, thus 
overcoming some of Cultural Studies’ and War Studies’ shortcomings. 
Without wanting to advocate another ‘grand theory’, this is very 
promising for both fields. Most of the authors—no doubt thanks to the 
skilful guidance of the editor—manage not to lose themselves (and 
readers unfamiliar with Cultural Studies jargon) in high theory and 
terminology. The book is recommended for anyone interested in the 
history and actuality of war and the discursive practices surrounding it.”

—Leen Engelen, Media & Design Academy (KHLim), Historical Journal of 
Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 28, No.3, 2008

“In Culture, Trauma and Conflict, editor Nico Carpentier provides 
readers with a wide-ranging series of essays directed toward 
understanding the role of media and culture as they are related to 
conflict and especially trauma.”

—Dr Mark Finney, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications, Adams State 
College, The Journal of International Communication, 15:2, 2009

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Nico Carpentier
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Uppsala University
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
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Charles University in Prague
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New special issue (open access):
Publics, Discursive Struggles and Political Agency
Edited by Julie Uldam & Nico Carpentier
in Javnost - The Public (Volume 22, Issue 1, 2015)
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjav20/22/1
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New article (in Dutch):
Beeldenstrijd in Cyprus. Over het problematische herdenken van een 
conflictueus verleden.
http://www.ny-web.be/long-hard-looks/Beeldenstrijd.html
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