Beyond Terror: Gender, Narrative, Human Rights

by Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg

In traditional narrative contexts-legal, psychoanalytic, and documentary-the ethics of representing violations of human rights are widely acknowledged. But what are the principles that guide the creation and dissemination of historically based fictional narratives? Are such representations capable of shaping, changing, or even effectively depicting "real" human atrocities? How do existing ideas about gender influence the way these narratives are written...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813540615
• ISBN13: 9780813540610
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"