Literature and human rights : the law, the language and the limitations of human rights discourse / edited by Ian Ward.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ward, Ian, 1963- editor.

Series:

Law & literature (De Gruyter) ; v. 9.

Law & literature ; volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights in literature.

Law and literature.

Human rights--Language.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

vi, 336 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Munich ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]

Summary:

The idea of human rights is not new, but never has it been more relevant than it is today. Literature and Human Rights brings together a number of prominent scholars in the associated disciplines of law and literature in a shared endeavour to help us better understand both the idea and the consonance of human rights in the twenty-first century. The eighteen essays which comprise Literature and Human Rights range far and wide, in terms of both history and literary genre, from Brink and Beccaria to Dickens and Dostoevsky, Pessoa and Perlman, whilst also inviting the reader to consider the language, as well as the literature, of human rights. Thus alongside discussions of anti-semitism in Shakespeare, slavery in eighteenth century art and female literacy in modern India can be found essays on the language of international environmental rights and the meaning of a linguistic minority in contemporary Italy. Book jacket.

Contents:

Empathy, Literature and Human Rights: The Case of Elliot Perlman, The Street Sweeper / Helle Porsdam Porsdam, Helle 9

Privacy, Blighted Lives, and a Blindspot in British Law / Richard Mullender Mullender, Richard 27

A Squeamishness about Existing: Fernando Pessoa's Quiet Rejection of the Human in The Book of Disquiet / Maria Aristodemou Aristodemou, Maria 67

I and Another: Rethinking the Subject of Human Rights with Dostoyevsky, Bakhtin and Simondon / Riccardo Baldissone Baldissone, Riccardo 83

Dehumanizingthe Enemy: How to Avoid Human Rights / Daniela Carpi Carpi, Daniela 101

Am I not a man and a brother? Notes on the Representation of Slavery in Eighteenth Century English Art and Literature / Patrizia Nerozzi Bellman Bellman, Patrizia Nerozzi 113

Mental Illness and Human Rights in Patrick McGrath's Asytum / Charia Battisti Battisti, Charia 133

The Role of Forensics in Human Rights Discourse: Kathy Reich's Crime Fiction and the Rights of the Dead / Sidia Fiorato Fiorato, Sidia 155

Rumpole and the Rights of Accused Terrorists / Roxanne Barbara Doerr Doerr, Roxanne Barbara 171

Reality, Theatre and Human Rights / Carla Dente Dente, Carla 185

The Rights and Wrongs of Marriage: Article 16.2 UDHR and the Case of Edith Dombey / Ian War War, Ian 195

Manju Kapur's Difficult Daughters and the Cause of Female Literacy in India / Paola Carbone Carbone, Paola 205

The Trial of Jomo Kenyatta, by Montagu Slater: Oral Tradition and Fundamental Rights in the Trial / Lisa Lanzoni Lanzoni, Lisa 229

'n Droë Wit Seisoen in the Stormkaap: Andre Brink and the Fundamental Rights of the Afrikaners in Apartheid South Africa / Matteo Nicolini Nicolini, Matteo 235

The Definition of "Linguistic Minority" Linguistic versus Legal Perspectives / Alessandra Tomaselli Tomaselli, Alessandra, Lino Panzeri Panzeri, Lino 255

Rights of Humans/Rights of Nature: The Language of Environmental Rights in UN Documents / Valentina Adami Adami, Valentina 271

On Crimes, Punishments, and Words: Legal and Language Issues in Cesare Beccaria's Works / Mara Logaldo Logaldo, Mara 289

Dignity and Disgrace in Law and Literature / Jeanne Gaakeer Gaakeer, Jeanne 309.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110374100

3110374102

OCLC:

897487958