SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Edwidge Danticat

[Info] Mardorossian, Carine M. »Rape by Proxy in Contemporary Caribbean Women's Fiction.« Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation. Edited by Sorcha Gunne et al. New York 2010: 23-38.

Breath, Eyes, Memory (Novel, 1994)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Breath, Eyes, Memory is Edwidge Danticat's acclaimed 1994 novel, and was chosen as an Oprah Book Club Selection in May 1998. The novel deals with questions of racial, linguistic and gender identity in interconnected ways.« -- More information: Wikipedia

G e n e r a l K e y w o r d s

Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century | Geographical Index: American History: Haitian History | Topical Index: Types: General: Rape; Victims: Mental Consequences: Trauma

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Bose, Anindita. »Rape and Trauma: Its manifestation and effects in Edwidge Danticat's 'Breath, Eyes, Memory'.« The Academic 1 (2023): 84-92.

[Info] Brigley Thompson, Zoë. »Happiness (or not) after rape: Hysterics and harpies in the media versus killjoys in black women's fiction.« Journal of Gender Studies 26 (2017): 66-77.

[Info] Ferly, Odile. Women Writers from the Francophone and Hispanic Caribbean at the Close of the Twentieth Century: En-gendering Caribbeanness. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bristol, 2002.

[Info] Roldán-Sevillano, Laura. »The Urgent Activist Role of Contemporary Haitian American Women's Fiction.« Babel - Afial No. 32 (2023): 27-51.

[Info] Sweeney, Carole. »The unmaking of the world. Haiti, history, and writing Edouard Glissant and Edwidge Danticat.« Atlantic studies 4 (2007): 51-66.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Dragulescu, Luminita M. »"Female Discourse" and Cultural Entrapment: Perpetuating Sexual Trauma in Edwige Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory.« 38th Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association. Baltimore 2007.