J Edward Mallot
Biographic Data
| ID | 1072951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Edward Mallot |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Mallot |
| SIGNATURE | MALLOT J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
We Don't Want Freaks”
Mahesh Dattani's dramatic works are celebrated for highlighting “invisible issues,” such as gender-based oppression. In Tara, Dattani accomplishes this goal through the attention-getting device of conjoined twin protagonists. The play's treatment of this unusual form of physical difference, while positing some qualified arguments against sexism, ignores and/or modifies the realities of concorporate bodies, providing an example of postcolonial “na…
I Have Not Painted the War
In recent years, memory studies scholars have begun to question the applicability of verbal testimony for trauma survivors in non-Western contexts. Theorists and therapists have increasingly found that visual art provides a promising alternative to the “talking cure” in narrating and negotiating the memory of extreme experience. In Roma Tearne's Mosquito, characters turn to painting to posit testimony, to foster healing and to help bring Sri Lank…
We Are Only What We Remember, Nothing More”
Following the rise of memory studies, several scholars have investigated the terrain between (and dividing) memory and history. Romesh Gunesekera's Booker-shortlisted 1994 novel Reef presents a fictional meditation on this issue, heavily wrapped in metaphor. The work has been criticized for its narrative perspective: following the experiences of a young chef and his marine biologist employer, ultimately forced to leave an increasingly violent Sri…
Body Politics and the Body Politic
While the field of memory studies continues to expand, critics question the applicability of Western trauma research in non-Western contexts. Not every Third World victim of violence, for example, may be willing or able to ‘speak’ or testify. But the Western emphasis on verbal testimony ignores other critical modes of remembering and disclosure. Shauna Singh Baldwin's What the Body Remembers, a novel about pre-Partition South Asia, suggests ways …
We Are Only What We Remember, Nothing More”
Following the rise of memory studies, several scholars have investigated the terrain between (and dividing) memory and history. Romesh Gunesekera's Booker-shortlisted 1994 novel Reef presents a fictional meditation on this issue, heavily wrapped in metaphor. The work has been criticized for its narrative perspective: following the experiences of a young chef and his marine biologist employer, ultimately forced to leave an increasingly violent Sri…
Body Politics and the Body Politic
While the field of memory studies continues to expand, critics question the applicability of Western trauma research in non-Western contexts. Not every Third World victim of violence, for example, may be willing or able to ‘speak’ or testify. But the Western emphasis on verbal testimony ignores other critical modes of remembering and disclosure. Shauna Singh Baldwin's What the Body Remembers, a novel about pre-Partition South Asia, suggests ways …
We Are Only What We Remember, Nothing More”
Following the rise of memory studies, several scholars have investigated the terrain between (and dividing) memory and history. Romesh Gunesekera's Booker-shortlisted 1994 novel Reef presents a fictional meditation on this issue, heavily wrapped in metaphor. The work has been criticized for its narrative perspective: following the experiences of a young chef and his marine biologist employer, ultimately forced to leave an increasingly violent Sri…
I Have Not Painted the War
In recent years, memory studies scholars have begun to question the applicability of verbal testimony for trauma survivors in non-Western contexts. Theorists and therapists have increasingly found that visual art provides a promising alternative to the “talking cure” in narrating and negotiating the memory of extreme experience. In Roma Tearne's Mosquito, characters turn to painting to posit testimony, to foster healing and to help bring Sri Lank…
We Don't Want Freaks”
Mahesh Dattani's dramatic works are celebrated for highlighting “invisible issues,” such as gender-based oppression. In Tara, Dattani accomplishes this goal through the attention-getting device of conjoined twin protagonists. The play's treatment of this unusual form of physical difference, while positing some qualified arguments against sexism, ignores and/or modifies the realities of concorporate bodies, providing an example of postcolonial “na…
Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Politics (3 works)