Gestures of testimony : torture, trauma, and affect in literature /

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"After 9/11, the United States became a nation that sanctioned torture. Detainees across the globe were waterboarded, deprived of sleep, beaten by guards, blasted with deafening music and forced into obscene acts. Their torture presents a profound problem for literature: torturous pain and its...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Richardson, Michael, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2016.
Subjects:
Torture in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Affect (Psychology) in literature.
Torture in motion pictures.
Psychic trauma in motion pictures.
Affect (Psychology) in motion pictures.
Literature, Modern > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture dans la littérature.
Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature.
Torture au cinéma.
Traumatisme psychique au cinéma.
Cinéma > Aspect social.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Literature, Modern.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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