Violence and the Cultural Politics of Trauma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19928832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Kilby (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Violence and the Cultural Politics of Trauma (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780748628834 |
| OpenAlex | W4299727487 |
| Open Library | OL37096911M |
| ISBN | 9780748628834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
During the late 1970s and 1980s speaking out about the traumatic reality of incest and rape was a rare and politically groundbreaking act. Today it is a ubiquitous feature of popular culture and its political value uncertain. In Violence and the Cultural Politics of Trauma, Jane Kilby explores the complexity and consequences of this shift in giving first-hand testimony by focusing on debates over recovered memory therapy and false memory syndrome, the spectacle of talkshow disclosures, discourses of innocence and complicity as well as the aesthetics and affect of shock. In counterpoint to the frequently cynical readings of personal narrative politics, Kilby advances an alternative reading built around the concept of unrepresentability. Key to this intervention is the stress placed by Kilby on the limits of representing sexually traumatic experiences and how this requires both theoretical and methodological innovation. Based on close readings of survivor narratives and artworks, this book demonstrates the significance of unrepresentability for a feminist understanding of sexual violence and victimisation. The book will of interest to those working in the areas of Cultural, Literary, Media and Women's Studies as well as Memory and Trauma Studies.Key FeaturesProvides a topical discussion of the debates generated by a mass culture of speaking out about violence and victimisationOffers an interdisciplinary case-study analysis of survivor testimonyApplies cutting-edge developments in trauma and testimony theory to a feminist analysis of women's incest testimonyMakes accessible the significance of unrepresentability for a cultural politics of trauma
Criminology · Medical emergency · Political science · Politics · History · Law · Medicine · Middle East Politics and Society · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Sexual abuse victims
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |