Trauma and the postmodern witness
The attempt to bear witness to testimonies of trauma is the paradox of describing something that exists outside of language with language. Since a traumatic experience is characterised by its inability to be narrated, integrated, into a survivor’s known frameworks, the challenge lies in discovering...
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Main Author: | Ong, Nicole Sihui |
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Other Authors: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59384 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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