{"product_id":"intimate-violence-reading-rape-and-torture-in-twentiethcentury-fiction-9780253356482","title":"Intimate Violence  Reading Rape and Torture in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalking 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Reading Rape\u003cbr\u003eSanctuary and the Women of Brewster Place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Reading Torture\u003cbr\u003e1984 and Amnesty International\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Sweet Pain and Charred Bodies\u003cbr\u003eFiguring Violence in The White Hotel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Envisioning Violence\u003cbr\u003eSeeing\/Selling the Body in Last Exit to Brooklyn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. American Psycho and the American Psyche\u003cbr\u003eReading the Forbidden Text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. \"Known in the Brain and Known in the Flesh\"\u003cbr\u003eGender, Race, and the Vulnerable Body in Tracks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MH - Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577268605271,"sku":"9780253356482","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/intimate-violence-reading-rape-and-torture-in-twentiethcentury-fiction-9780253356482","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}