Human Rights, Suffering, and Aesthetics in Political Prison Literature

By Simona Livescu and Yenna Wu

Book Overview

This interdisciplinary volume of essays studies human rights in political prison literature, while examining the intersections of suffering, politics, and aesthetics in an interliterary and intercultural context. As the first book to explore the concept of global aesthetics in political prison narratives, it makes a timely contribution to the advocacy and discourse of universal human rights by demonstrating how literary insight enhances the study of this field and encouraging comparative analyses and cross-cultural understanding.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739167413
• ISBN13: 9780739167410
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"