Narrating Violence, Constructing Collective Identities: 'to Witness These Wrongs Unspeakable'

by Giti Chandra

Book Overview

Contents Introduction: 'Non-Realism: The Once and Future Reality' Or 'Twice Abused Bodies and the Question of Agency' The Mystery of Violence 'To Witness These Wrongs Unspeakable': The Metaphorical, the Material and the Violenced Body' The Poison in the Womb: Dis/placing the Violenced Body in Toni Morrison's Beloved Narrating Collectivity from Violence: The Case of Slavery and World War I in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Sula The Voice and the Book:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349305073
• ISBN13: 9781349305070
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"