Witnessing Torture : Perspectives of Torture Survivors and Human Rights Workers / / edited by Alexandra S. Moore, Elizabeth Swanson

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2018.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XL, 248 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.675
• Soggetto topico: Literature, Modern—20th century; Literature, Modern—21st century; Literature ; Human rights; Criminology; Social justice; Terrorism; Political violence; Contemporary Literature; Postcolonial/World Literature; Human Rights and Crime; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Human Rights; Terrorism and Political Violence
• Persona (resp. second.): MooreAlexandra S; SwansonElizabeth
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book demonstrates a new, interdisciplinary approach to life writing about torture that situates torture firmly within its socio-political context, as opposed to extending the long line of representations written in the idiom of the proverbial dark chamber. By dismantling the rhetorical divide that typically separates survivors’ suffering from human rights workers’ expertise, contributors engage with the personal, professional, and institutional dimensions of torture and redress. Essays in this volume consider torture from diverse locations – the Philippines, Argentina, Sudan, and Guantánamo, among others. From across the globe, contributors witness both individual pain and institutional complicity; the challenges of building communities of healing across linguistic and national divides; and the role of the law, art, writing, and teaching in representing and responding to torture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Witnessing Torture
• ISBN: 3-319-74965-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910299997703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in Life Writing, . 2730-9185