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Victims and the Postmodern Narrative or Doing Violence to the Body: An Ethic of Reading and Writing (Studies in Literature & Religion)
Mark Ledbetter~David Jasper
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Hardcover. This volume suggests that reading and writing about literature are ways to gain an ethical understanding of how we live in the world. It sets out to show through a reading of stories from the Bible, that violence imposed on gender, race and the body-politic are not new to the postmodern world. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBB; DSBH; HPQ; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 351.
Victims and the Postmodern Narrative suggests that reading and writing about literature are ways to gain an ethical understanding of how we live in the world. Postmodern narrative is an important way to reveal and discuss who are society's victims, inviting the reader to become one with them. A close reading of fiction by Toni Morrison, Patrick Suskind, D.M. Thomas, Ian McEwan and J.M. Coetzee reveals a violence imposed on gender, race and the body-politic. Such violence is not new to the postmodern world, but merely reflects Western culture's religious traditions, as the author demonstrates through a reading of stories ... Read more
Victims and the Postmodern Narrative suggests that reading and writing about literature are ways to gain an ethical understanding of how we live in the world. Postmodern narrative is an important way to reveal and discuss who are society's victims, inviting the reader to become one with them. A close reading of fiction by Toni Morrison, Patrick Suskind, D.M. Thomas, Ian McEwan and J.M. Coetzee reveals a violence imposed on gender, race and the body-politic. Such violence is not new to the postmodern world, but merely reflects Western culture's religious traditions, as the author demonstrates through a reading of stories ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Literature and Religion
Number of Pages
159
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333532638
SKU
V9780333532638
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