Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation - Brossura

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9780415896689: Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation
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ISBN 10: 0415896681 ISBN 13: 9780415896689
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2011

Sinossi

The essays in this volume discuss narrative strategies employed by international writers when dealing with rape and sexual violence, whether in fiction, poetry, memoir, or drama. In developing these new feminist readings of rape narratives, the contributors aim to incorporate arguments about trauma and resistance in order to establish new dimensions of healing. This book makes a vital contribution to the fields of literary studies and feminism, since while other volumes have focused on retroactive portrayals of rape in literature, to date none has focused entirely on the subversive work that is being done to retheorize sexual violence.

Split into four sections, the volume considers sexual violence from a number of different angles. 'Subverting the Story' considers how the characters of the victim and rapist might be subverted in narratives of sexual violence. In 'Metaphors for Resistance,' the essays explore how writers approach the subject of rape obliquely using metaphors to represent their suffering and pain. The controversy of not speaking about sexual violence is the focus of 'The Protest of Silence,' while 'The Question of the Visual' considers the problems of making sexual violence visible in the poetic image, in film and on stage. These four sections cover an impressive range of world writing which includes curriculum staples like Toni Morrison, Sarah Kane, Sandra Cisneros, Yvonne Vera, and Sharon Olds.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Zoe Brigley is Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the University of Northampton. Sorcha Gunne is a tutor at the University of Warwick.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0415896681
ISBN 13 
9780415896689
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
268
Redattore
Gunne Sorcha, Brigley Thompson Zoe
Contatto del produttore
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
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Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24
München
80331
Germania

Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780415806084: Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation: 27

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0415806089 ISBN 13:  9780415806084
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2009
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