02987nam 2200649 a 450 991082418540332120200520144314.01-283-11138-197866131113880-7391-6742-1(CKB)2670000000094551(EBL)709465(OCoLC)731238800(SSID)ssj0000523297(PQKBManifestationID)12195784(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523297(PQKBWorkID)10542432(PQKB)10092470(SSID)ssj0001145890(PQKBManifestationID)12474672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001145890(PQKBWorkID)11123749(PQKB)10692523(MiAaPQ)EBC709465(Au-PeEL)EBL709465(CaPaEBR)ebr10470893(CaONFJC)MIL311138(EXLCZ)99267000000009455120110318d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman rights, suffering, and aesthetics in political prison literature[electronic resource] /edited by Yenna Wu, with Simona LivescuLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20111 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8616-7 0-7391-6741-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ContributorsThis 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.Political prisonersCivil rightsPrisoners' writingsHistory and criticismPolitical prisonersCivil rights.Prisoners' writingsHistory and criticism.365/.45Wu Yenna645043Livescu Simona1969-1650593MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824185403321Human rights, suffering, and aesthetics in political prison literature4000029UNINA