Gestures of testimony : torture, trauma, and affect in literature / Michael Richardson.

"After 9/11, the United States became a nation that sanctioned torture. Detainees across the globe were waterboarded, deprived of sleep, beaten by guards, blasted with deafening music and forced into obscene acts. Their torture presents a profound problem for literature: torturous pain and its...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Richardson, Michael, 1980- (Author)
Other title:	Torture, trauma, and affect in literature.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2016.
Subjects:	Torture in literature. Psychic trauma in literature. Affect (Psychology) in literature. Torture in motion pictures. Psychic trauma in motion pictures. Affect (Psychology) in motion pictures. Literature, Modern > History and criticism. Motion pictures > Social aspects. Torture > Moral and ethical aspects. Literature, Modern. Criticism, interpretation, etc.