Witnessing Torture Perspectives of Torture Survivors and Human Rights Workers

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Synopsis

This book demonstrates a new, interdisciplinary approach to life writing about torture that situates torture firmly within its socio-political context, as opposed to extending the long line of representations written in the idiom of the proverbial dark chamber. By dismantling the rhetorical divide that typically separates survivors’ suffering from human rights workers’ expertise, contributors engage with the personal, professional, and institutional dimensions of torture and redress. Essays in this volume consider torture from diverse locations – the Philippines, Argentina, Sudan, and Guantánamo, among others. From across the globe, contributors witness both individual pain and institutional complicity; the challenges of building communities of healing across linguistic and national divides; and the role of the law, art, writing, and teaching in representing and responding to torture.

Book details

Series:
Palgrave Studies in Life Writing
Author:
Elizabeth Swanson, Alexandra S. Moore
ISBN:
9783319749655
Related ISBNs:
9783319749648
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-07-28
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
The Editor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Language Arts, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Social Studies