Women’s Narratives of Abuse and Trauma in Contemporary Italy

Autori

  • Paola Carmagnani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14672/20222029

Parole chiave:

Testimony; Trauma; Patriarchy; Narrative; Literature.

Abstract

The essay analyses the modalities of a narrative of trauma understood as a daily and prolonged exposure to a context of a systemic violence, such as that expressed in our society by its deeply-rooted patriarchal structures. To this end, the essay focuses on two recent Italian texts, a novel and an autobiographical testimony, which stand out within a generalized discourse aimed at presenting rape and femicide as punctual events, emergencies isolated from the roots of a wider context of violence, perpetuated by the forms and institutions of dominant culture.

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Pubblicato

2022-12-07

Come citare

Carmagnani, P. . (2022). Women’s Narratives of Abuse and Trauma in Contemporary Italy. Comparatismi, (7). https://doi.org/10.14672/20222029

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Sezione

Trauma Narratives & Trauma Theory