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Literary trauma : sadism, memory, and sexual violence in American women's fiction, Deborah M. Horvitz

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Summary
  • "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, Harvitz 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."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
169 pages
Contents
  • Introduction : bearing witness
  • Reading the unconscious in Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the dead
  • Freud and feminism in Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina
  • Hysteria and trauma in Pauline Hopkin's Of one blood; or, the hidden self
  • Postmodern realism, truth and lies in Joyce Carol Oates's What I lived for
  • Intertextuality and poststructural realism in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The yellow wallpaper"
  • Conclusion : words finally spoken
Isbn
9780791447123
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Literary trauma : sadism, memory, and sexual violence in American women's fiction
Title
Literary trauma
Title remainder
sadism, memory, and sexual violence in American women's fiction
Statement of responsibility
Deborah M. Horvitz
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "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, Harvitz 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."--Jacket
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1951-
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Horvitz, Deborah M.
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
PS374.W6
LC item number
H68 2000
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • American fiction
  • Psychological fiction, American
  • Psychoanalysis and literature
  • Women and literature
  • Psychic trauma in literature
  • Sex crimes in literature
  • Violence in literature
  • Sadism in literature
  • Memory in literature
  • Roman américain
  • Roman psychologique américain
  • Psychanalyse et littérature
  • Femmes et littérature
  • Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature
  • Crimes sexuels dans la littérature
  • Violence dans la littérature
  • Sadisme dans la littérature
  • Mémoire dans la littérature
  • Écrits de femmes américains
  • Literatura norte-americana (história e crítica;aspectos psicológicos)
  • Psicanálise
  • Mulheres
  • Sadismus <Motiv>
  • Frauenliteratur
  • Gewalt <Motiv>
  • Psychisches Trauma <Motiv>
  • Roman américain
  • Traumatisme psychique
  • Crimes sexuels
  • Violence
  • Sadisme
  • American fiction
  • Memory in literature
  • Psychic trauma in literature
  • Psychoanalysis and literature
  • Psychological fiction, American
  • Sadism in literature
  • Sex crimes in literature
  • Violence in literature
  • Women and literature
  • USA
  • United States
Label
Literary trauma : sadism, memory, and sexual violence in American women's fiction, Deborah M. Horvitz
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-163) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : bearing witness -- Reading the unconscious in Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the dead -- Freud and feminism in Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina -- Hysteria and trauma in Pauline Hopkin's Of one blood; or, the hidden self -- Postmodern realism, truth and lies in Joyce Carol Oates's What I lived for -- Intertextuality and poststructural realism in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The yellow wallpaper" -- Conclusion : words finally spoken
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
169 pages
Isbn
9780791447123
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
99089796
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)43060671
  • (OCoLC)ocm43060671
Label
Literary trauma : sadism, memory, and sexual violence in American women's fiction, Deborah M. Horvitz
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-163) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : bearing witness -- Reading the unconscious in Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the dead -- Freud and feminism in Gayl Jones's Corregidora and Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina -- Hysteria and trauma in Pauline Hopkin's Of one blood; or, the hidden self -- Postmodern realism, truth and lies in Joyce Carol Oates's What I lived for -- Intertextuality and poststructural realism in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The yellow wallpaper" -- Conclusion : words finally spoken
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
169 pages
Isbn
9780791447123
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
99089796
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)43060671
  • (OCoLC)ocm43060671

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