Rape, Incest, Battery: Women Writing Out the Pain

Rape, Incest, Battery: Women Writing Out the Pain
ISBN-10
0875652301
ISBN-13
9780875652306
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
364
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
TCU Press
Author
Miriam Kalman Harris

Description

According to Harris, a woman discovers a new identity by becoming the "subject who writes" rather than the victim who waits in silence. Knowing that the problem of violence against women is universal in our world, Harris put out a call to professional writers, women in shelters, and scholars in academe. She advertised in literary journals and newsletters, asking for autobiographical writings by women who survived any kind of violence and abuse. Rape, Incest, Battery resulted from her long process of collecting, selecting, and editing.

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