AMCV 1611M - Trauma and the Shame of the Unspeakable: The Holocaust, Slavery, and Childhood Sexual Abuse

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Brown University

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Description:

The problem of representing traumatic experience has been raised by philosophers, artists, and survivors. This course compares three historical situations by reading histories, memoirs, fictions, poems; viewing photographs and film; and analyzing the material cultural artifacts such as memorials. Readings will include Freud, Harriet Jacobs, La Capra, Primo Levi, Toni Morrison and "Maus" by Art Spigelman. WRIT

Credits:

0.00 - 1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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