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Witnessing Sadism in Texts of the American South

Claire Raymond · 2019

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"McCullers, and Zora Neale Hurston, Claire Raymond uncovers a pattern of femininity constructed around representations of sadistic violence in American women's literature and photography. Raymond explores the idea that a femininity constructed by the positioning of the feminine character as witness to sadistic acts is a phenomenon distinctly of the American South that is linked to the culture's history of racism"--

Book details

Year
2019
Language
English
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Editions
5
Pages
232
ISBN
9781351872546

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