Carving status at Kŭmgangsan: elite graffiti in premodern Korea

groundbreaking research that enrich trauma studies through both historical and ethnographical accounts of trauma and the healing process. In addition to each contributor’s detailed archival research and analyses of careful ethnographic recordings, some chapters’ close attention to gendered experience of trauma makes the volume a great contribution to trauma studies as well. Traumatic Pasts in Asia will be an illuminating resource for students and researchers of trauma studies in the disciplines of history, ethnography, gender studies and medicine beyond the confines of Asian studies.