Shattered Subjects: Trauma and Testimony in Women's Life-Writing

by Suzette A. Henke

Book Overview

Judith Herman has noted that 'the most common post-traumatic disorders are those not of men in war but of women in civilian life.' How have women survived, both individually and collectively, in the face of unimaginable trauma? In this important new book, Suzette A. Henke finds evidence that women often use writing in order to heal the wounds of psychological trauma. The literary testimonies of Colette, Hilda Doolittle, AnaIs Nin, Janet Frame, Audre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312230982
• ISBN13: 9780312230982
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"