Women Witnessing Terror: Testimony and the Cultural Politics of Human Rights

by Anne Cubilie

Overview

A model of engaged scholarship, this book examinesfirst-person testimonials by women who have survivedabuse and atrocity in zones of conflict and terror.Drawing on a wide range of sources and settings, includinggenocide, state terror, ethnic cleansing, and war, Anne Cubiliuses survivor testimony as theoretical invention, placing personalwitness in dialogue with work by philosophers, literary theorists,and others who study the space between victim and survivor,ethical witness and silenced observer, male and female.This nuanced example of ethical criticism demonstrates forcefullyhow ethical witnessing-listening to the voices of survivors-reformulates the language of human rights and enhances itsability to intervene against violence and oppression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823224340
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	05/01/2005
Edition description:	2
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anne Cubilie is a consultant in gender, human rights, and education at the United Nations.

Editorial Reviews

Remarkably original. Not only does Cubili explore an entire new 'genre,' if one can use such terms about the literature of atrocity, but she develops a new critical style of addressing the questions raised by the works.—Michael Ryan, Northeastern University

From the Publisher

“Remarkably original. Not only does Cubilié explore an entire new ‘genre,’ if one can use such terms about the literature of atrocity, but she develops a new critical style of addressing the questions raised by the works."

Northeastern University - Michael Ryan