Examines representations of political, psychological, and sexual violence in seven novels by American women.
This book examines portrayals of political and psychological trauma, particularly sexual trauma, in the work of seven American women writers. Concentrating on novels by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Pauline Hopkins, Gayl Jones, Leslie Marmon Silko, Dorothy Allison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Margaret Atwood, Horvitz investigates whether memories of violent and oppressive trauma can be preserved, even transformed into art, without reproducing that violence. The book encompasses a wide range of personal and political traumas, including domestic abuse, incest, rape, imprisonment, and slavery, and argues that an analysis of sadomasochistic violence is our best protection against cyclical, intergenerational violence, a particularly timely and important subject as we think about how to stop "hate" crimes and other forms of political and psychic oppression.
| ISBN: | 9780791447123 |
| Publication date: | 2nd November 2000 |
| Author: | Deborah M Horvitz |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 169 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: women and girls Violence and abuse in society Literature: history and criticism |
Examines representations of political, psychological, and sexual violence in seven novels by American women.
This book examines portrayals of political and psychological trauma, particularly sexual trauma, in the work of seven American women writers. Concentrating on novels by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Pauline Hopkins, Gayl Jones, Leslie Marmon Silko, Dorothy Allison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Margaret Atwood, Horvitz investigates whether memories of violent and oppressive trauma can be preserved, even transformed into art, without reproducing that violence. The book encompasses a wide range of personal and political traumas, including domestic abuse, incest, rape, imprisonment, and slavery, and argues that an analysis of sadomasochistic violence is our best protection against cyclical, intergenerational violence, a particularly timely and important subject as we think about how to stop "hate" crimes and other forms of political and psychic oppression.
Literary Trauma features in the following genres: Gender studies: women and girls, Violence and abuse in society, Literature: history and criticism
Literary Trauma is available in Paperback, Hardback
Literary Trauma was written by Deborah M Horvitz and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Literary Trauma has 169 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture series