"This book tracks the rise of the trigger warning within historical and contemporary educational contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction: Trigger warning as apologia -- Racism, antiracism, and education : classroom spaces as microcosms -- The rise of the trigger warning -- Speaking truth to trauma : schooling and suffering in the United States -- Academic discourse and the inequity of the politeness protocol -- Coping in the classroom : emotions and education -- Reading lives, writing lives : languaging and counternarrating trauma -- Career considerations : managing challenges to emotional health and academic freedom.