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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824185403321

Titolo

Human rights, suffering, and aesthetics in political prison literature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Yenna Wu, with Simona Livescu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-11138-1

9786613111388

0-7391-6742-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WuYenna

LivescuSimona <1969->

Disciplina

365/.45

Soggetti

Political prisoners - Civil rights

Prisoners' writings - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Reviving Muted Voices; 3 Surviving Traumatic Captivity, Arriving at Wisdom; 4 The Argument from Silence; 5 The Persistence of Spectacle in PRC Modes of Punishing Criminality and Deviance; 6 The Cocoons of Language; 7 A Primer for the Politics and Literature of Resistance; 8 Remembering Pain in Uruguay; 9 Deviating from the Norm?; Appendix; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This interdisciplinary volume of essays studies human rights in political prison literature, while examining the intersections of suffering, politics, and aesthetics in an interliterary and intercultural context. As the first book to explore the concept of global aesthetics in political prison narratives, it makes a timely contribution to the advocacy and discourse of universal human rights by demonstrating how literary insight enhances the study of this field and encouraging comparative analyses and cross-cultural understanding.