Richardson, Michael.

Gestures of Testimony : Torture, Trauma, and Affect in Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (234 pages)

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Gesturing the Unrepresentable -- 1. Tortured Bodies -- 2. Reading Torture -- 3. Seeing Torture -- 4. Writing Trauma -- 5. Witnessing and the Poetics of Trauma -- 6. Writing Torturous Affect -- Conclusion: Speaking Beyond Words -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

9781501315824


Torture in motion pictures.


Electronic books.

PN56.T62 -- .R534 2016eb

809.933552