Traumascapes The Power and Fate of Places Transformed by Tragedies |
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| Author:
| Tumarkin, Maria |
| ISBN: | 978-0-522-85177-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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'Traumascapes' is a deeply-felt and wonderfully intelligent exploration of international sites where traumas of great magnitude have occurred. Its subjects include the Moscow theatre where hundreds were held hostage by terrorists in 2003; the field in Pennsylvania, USA, where a plane hijacked in the 9/11 attacks crashed; the 2002 Bali bombing; various sites in Bosnia, and the scenic ruins of the Port Arthur colonial penal settlement in Tasmania.
'Traumascapes' is a deeply-felt and wonderfully intelligent exploration of international sites where traumas of great magnitude have occurred. Its subjects include the Moscow theatre where hundreds were held hostage by terrorists in 2003; the field in Pennsylvania, USA, where a plane hijacked in the 9/11 attacks crashed; the 2002 Bali bombing; various sites in Bosnia, and the scenic ruins of the Port Arthur colonial penal settlement in Tasmania.