Cubilie, Anne

Women witnessing terror : Testimony and the cultural politics of human rights / Anne Cubilie; cover design by Toni Ellis. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2005. - 286 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes p. 255-268; Bibliogr269-282; Index p. 283-286

Contents: Witness and testimony: ethics, trauma, speech, and paradox.-”The erotics of Violence”: Performing Violence in the balcony and the conduct of life.-Testimonial and surviving: gender and the crisis of Witnessing.-State terror and the ethical witness.-Testimonial, trauma, and the crises of discourse in Bosnia.-Grounded ethics: testimonial witnessing from rural Afghanistan to the United States

0-8232-2435-X (pbk.)


Reportage literature--Women authors--History and criticism
Atrocities in literature
Women and war
State-sponsored terrorism