Shattered subjects
- ISBN
- 9780312230982
Shattered subjects is a biography, psychic trauma in literature book by Suzette A. Henke.
About this book
In this book, Suzette A. Henke finds evidence that women often use writing in order to heal the wounds of psychological trauma. She terms this method "scriptotherapy," the process of writing out and writing through traumatic experience in the mode of therapeutic re-enactment. Shattered Subjects explores the autobiographical writings of six twentieth-century women authors who experienced life-shattering trauma and used their writings as a means for survival and healing.
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Shattered subjects is a Biography, Psychic trauma in literature, Women and literature, Women authors, Commonwealth, American prose literature book.
What is Shattered subjects about?+
In this book, Suzette A. Henke finds evidence that women often use writing in order to heal the wounds of psychological trauma. She terms this method "scriptotherapy," the process of writing out and writing through traumatic experience in the mode of therapeutic re-enactment. Shattered Subjects expl...
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Shattered subjects was written by Suzette A. Henke.