| Worlds of Hurt: Reading the Literatures of Trauma Contributor(s): Tal, Kalí (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521445043 ISBN-13: 9780521445047 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1995 Annotation: Worlds of Hurt presents a coherent rendering of the relationships between individual trauma and cultural interpretation, using as its focus the Holocaust, the Viet Nam war, and the phenomenon of sexualized violence against women. Survivors of these traumas constitute themselves as unique communities and bear witness to their traumatic experiences both privately and publicly. Each community has a vested interest in its own story and the stories told about its members by outsiders. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: NA |
| LCCN: 96112813 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature & Culture |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.28" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 316 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Worlds of Hurt presents a coherent rendering of the relationships between individual trauma and cultural interpretation, using as its focus the Holocaust, the Vietnam War, and the phenomenon of sexualized violence against women. Survivors of these traumas constitute themselves as unique communities and bear witness to their traumatic experiences both privately and publicly. The survivors themselves write a literature of trauma--born of the need to tell and retell the story of the traumatic experience, to make it real to the victim, the community and to the larger pyblic. |