Trauma culture refers to a contemporary cultural framework in which psychological trauma is widely used as a primary lens for interpreting personal experience, social identity, and cultural production. The term is commonly used in media studies, literary criticism, sociology, and psychology to describe the increasing prominence of trauma narratives in popular media, publishing, and everyday discourse, particularly in Western societies since the late 20th century.
Trauma culture refers to a contemporary cultural framework in which psychological trauma is widely used as a primary lens for interpreting personal experience, social identity, and cultural production. The term is commonly used in media studies, literary criticism, sociology, and psychology to describe the increasing prominence of trauma narratives in popular media, publishing, and everyday discourse, particularly in Western societies since the late 20th century.
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