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Talking about one person's desire to inflict pain upon another, this work examines texts about violence. It discusses works, such as D M Thomas's "The White Hotel", Hubert Selby's "Last Exit to Brooklyn", and others. It focuses on the dynamics that allow the reader to become intimate both with the torturer and with the vulnerability of the victim.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Reading Rape
Sanctuary and the Women of Brewster Place

2. Reading Torture
1984 and Amnesty International

3. Sweet Pain and Charred Bodies
Figuring Violence in The White Hotel

4. Envisioning Violence
Seeing/Selling the Body in Last Exit to Brooklyn

5. American Psycho and the American Psyche
Reading the Forbidden Text

6. "Known in the Brain and Known in the Flesh"
Gender, Race, and the Vulnerable Body in Tracks

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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      Publisher: MH - Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/22/1994 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780253356482, 978-0253356482
      ISBN10: 0253356482
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      Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Talking about one person's desire to inflict pain upon another, this work examines texts about violence. It discusses works, such as D M Thomas's "The White Hotel", Hubert Selby's "Last Exit to Brooklyn", and others. It focuses on the dynamics that allow the reader to become intimate both with the torturer and with the vulnerability of the victim.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1. Reading Rape
      Sanctuary and the Women of Brewster Place

      2. Reading Torture
      1984 and Amnesty International

      3. Sweet Pain and Charred Bodies
      Figuring Violence in The White Hotel

      4. Envisioning Violence
      Seeing/Selling the Body in Last Exit to Brooklyn

      5. American Psycho and the American Psyche
      Reading the Forbidden Text

      6. "Known in the Brain and Known in the Flesh"
      Gender, Race, and the Vulnerable Body in Tracks

      Notes

      Works Cited

      Index

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