Grotesque touch women, violence, and contemporary circum-Caribbean narratives

Grotesque touch women, violence, and contemporary circum-Caribbean narratives

"In this book, Amy K. King examines how violence between women in contemporary Caribbean and American texts is rooted in plantation slavery. Analyzing films, television shows, novels, short stories, poems, book covers, and paintings, King shows how contemporary media reuse salacious and stereot...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: King, Amy K. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2021]
Schlagworte:
Künste
Frau > Motiv
Sklaverei > Motiv
Gewalt > Motiv
USA
Karibik
Women in popular culture / United States
Women in popular culture / Caribbean Area
Violence in women in popular culture / United States
Violence in women in popular culture / Caribbean Area
Slavery / History
Plantations in literature
Plantations in art
Power (Social sciences)
Slavery
Violence in women in popular culture
Women in popular culture
Caribbean Area
United States
History
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Depicting violence between women in circum-Caribbean texts
  • Sensational violence
  • Within and beyond sadistic violence
  • Un-silencing sexual violence
  • Violent denial in post-emancipation households
  • The horror of intimate violence
  • Plantation settings after 2016

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