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The unspeakable : representations of trauma in Francophone literature and art / edited by Névine El Nossery and Amy L. Hubbell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychic trauma in literature.
- Psychic trauma in art.
- French literature--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (382 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Unspeakable: Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art is situated at the crossroads of language, culture and genre; it contends that suffering transcends time, space and cultural specificity. Even when extreme trauma is silenced, it often still emerges in surprising and painful ways. This volume draws together examples from throughout the Francophone world, including countries such as Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Rwanda, Cameroon, Congo, Côte dIvoire, Haiti, New Caledoni.
- Contents:
- part I. Performing the unspeakable
- part II. Constructing narrative voice and exploring generic tensions
- part III. Women and trauma
- part Ivolume Memory and amnesia in the representation of trauma.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 8, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-5332-1
- OCLC:
- 859833331
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