Feminism, literature and rape narratives

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"The essays in this volume discuss narrative strategies employed by international writers when dealing with rape and sexual violence, whether in fiction, poetry, memoir or drama. In developing these new feminist readings of rape narratives, the contributors aim to incorporate arguments about trauma and resistance in order to establish new dimensions of healing. This book makes a vital contribution to the fields of literary studies and feminism, since while other volumes have focused on retroactive portrayals of rape in literature, to date none has focused entirely on the subversive work that is being done to retheorize sexual violence." --Book Jacket.

subjects: Violence in literature,  Women in literature,  History and criticism,  Rape in literature,  Feminist literature,  Viol dans la littérature,  Violence dans la littérature,  Femmes dans la littérature,  Féminisme,  Documentation,  Histoire et critique,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Literary,  Literatur,  Vergewaltigung,  Englisch,  Gewalt,  Frau