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Memories of three generations of women from Communist China, Hong Kong and California and the traumas they carried with them are at the heart of Feeding Ghosts, Tessa Hulls’ debut graphic novel.
Bigambul and Wakka Wakka author Melanie Saward’s Burn is structured around three fires. It bears witness to the role institutions play in exacerbating trauma associated with colonialism.
As the Holocaust passes out of living memory, such embodied memorialisation ensures people will still talk about what happened.
Intergenerational trauma is where the effects of a painful event are passed down through a family. Symptoms can include trust issues and problems regulating emotions.
War and genocide have brought laser focus to the idea of intergenerational trauma. But what is it really?