Latest / Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast
How trauma became a weapon in the culture wars
Trauma has become one of the defining languages of our age. Cultural theorist, Catherine Liu argues that our focus on individual suffering can obscure the deeper forces of class, inequality and power.So has trauma become a new form of political identity, and is it getting in the way of solidarity?
Guest: Catherine Liu, Professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of California, Author of Traumatised: The New Politics of public suffering
Producer: Ali Benton
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.