Narrating violence in the postcolonial world:

This book examines representations of violence across the postcolonial worldfrom the Americas to Australiain novels, short stories, plays, and films. The chapters move from what appear to be interpersonal instances of violence to communal conflicts such as civil war, showing how these acts of violen...

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Weitere Verfasser: Romdhani, Rebecca (HerausgeberIn), Tunca, Daria (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London Routledge 2022
Schriftenreihe:Routledge research in postcolonial literatures
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Zusammenfassung:This book examines representations of violence across the postcolonial worldfrom the Americas to Australiain novels, short stories, plays, and films. The chapters move from what appear to be interpersonal instances of violence to communal conflicts such as civil war, showing how these acts of violence are specifically rooted in colonial forms of abuse and oppression but constantly move and morph. Taking its cue from theories in such fields as postcolonial, violence, gender, and trauma studies, the book thus shows that violence is slippery in form, but also fluid in nature, so that one must trace its movement across time and space to understand even a single instance of it. When analysing such forms and trajectories of violence in postcolonial creative writing and films, the contributors critically examine the ethical issues involved in narrating abuse, depicting violated bodies, and presenting romanticized resolutions that may conceal other forms of violence.
Beschreibung:vi, 222 Seiten
ISBN:9780367626761
9781032066592

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