Witnessing Sadism in Texts of the American South

Claire Raymond

earliest edition we have, 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, 2019 232 pages

"McCullers, and Zora Neale Hurston, Claire Raymond uncovers a pattern of femininity constructed around representations of sadistic violence in American women's literature and photography. Raymond explores the idea that a femininity constructed by the positioning of the feminine character as witness to sadistic acts is a phenomenon distinctly of the American South that is linked to the culture's history of racism"--

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Witnessing Sadism in Texts of the American South edition · 2019 · Taylor & Francis Group · 232 pages · 9781315233932
Witnessing Sadism in Texts of the American South edition · 2019 · Taylor & Francis Group · 232 pages · 9781351872546
Witnessing Sadism in Texts of the American South edition · 2019 · Taylor & Francis Group · 232 pages · 9781351872539
Witnessing Sadism in Texts of the American South edition · 2019 · Taylor & Francis Group · 232 pages · 9781351872522
Witnessing Sadism in Texts of the American South edition · 2014 · Taylor & Francis Group · 232 pages · 9781409451051

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