The psychoanalytic structure of trauma : Spellbound

Rushton, Richard (2004) The psychoanalytic structure of trauma : Spellbound. Journal for Cultural Research, 8 (3). pp. 371-384. ISSN 1479-7585

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Abstract

This essay engages in a close analysis of two films, Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound (1945) and Ang Lee’s Hulk (2003), in order to examine their approaches to trauma, especially in relation to the psychoanalytic notion of Nachträglichkeit (“afterwardsness”). A complex notion of afterwardsness is proposed whereby it is predicated on a relationship between two events, but where the importance of afterwardsness is not seen to lie in the nature of the events but rather on what determines the relationship between the two events. This determining relation thus leads to a notion of the structure of trauma and the argument that the crucial factor in a psychoanalytic approach to trauma lies not in an uncovering of traumatic events, but rather on the structure that retrospectively makes events traumatic.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal for Cultural Research
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? cultural studiesanthropology ??
ID Code:
65796
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Deposited On:
29 Jul 2013 08:57
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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