Embodied memory
War and the remembrance of wounds in Nina Bouraoui and Lela Sebbar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Vassallo (0000-0002-3178-048X, University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-200 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/jwcs.1.2.189_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2021475699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article presents an analysis of two autobiographical texts by Franco-Algerian women writers, Nina Bouraoui's Garon manqu (Tomboy) and Lela Sebbar's Lettres parisiennes: autopsie de l'exil (Paris Letters: Autopsy of an Exile), within a critical framework of perspectives on war and violence. The central premise of the argument is an investigation of the female body as a locus or carrier of trauma caused by memories of war. This is analysed with close reference to the primary texts, to highlight key concepts of embodied memory and the notion of wounds as transmitted psychological trauma rather than the infliction of physical violence. At all junctures, the analysis is underpinned by social theories of war and mourning, violence and atrocity, and the body in pain, in order to argue for these texts as transmitted legacy, rather than direct testimony, of war and wounding
Argument (complex analysis · Art · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Premise · Sociology · African history and culture studies · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · History · Medicine · North African History and Literature · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |