SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Lynn Nottage

»Lynn Nottage (born November 2, 1964) is an American playwright whose work often focuses on the experience of working-class people, particularly working-class people who are Black. She has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for her play Ruined, and in 2017 for her play Sweat. She was the first (and remains the only) woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama two times.« -- More information: Wikipedia

Ruined

I n f o r m a t i o n

»Ruined (2008) is an American play by Lynn Nottage. The play premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play explores the plight of women during the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century | II. Geographical Index: African History: Congolese History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Victims: Josephine, Salima, Sophie; Types: Wartime Sexual Violence: Second Congo War

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

I. Author Index

[Info] Luna Garcés, Lucía. Women’s Resilience to Sexual Abuse in Ruined by Lynn Nottage. Trabajo Fin de Grado, Universidad de Zaragoza 2024.

[Info] Pipes, Candice. »Recruiting Warriors: Using Literature in College Classrooms to Fight and Win "The Longest War".« #MeToo and Literary Studies: Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Sexual Violence and Rape Culture. New York 2021: 389-400.

[Info] Muhi, Maysoon T. »“Unspeakable Suffering”: Women’s Experience of Trauma in Lynn Nottage’s Ruined.« Journal of University of Human Development 5 (2019): 91-96.

[Info] Salih, Elaff G., et al. »Wartime Women Rape: A Means of Moral Attack and Emasculation in Lynn Nottage’s Ruined.« International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature 5 (2016): 113-120.

[Info] Schroot, Lisa M. A Culture of Rape: In Twentieth Century American Literature and Beyond. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kentucky, 2016.

II. Speaker Index