Shattered subjects : trauma and testimony in women's life-writing / Suzette A. Henke.

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 Sub...

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Main Author: Henke, Suzette A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:xxii, 216 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and index.
ISBN:0312210205
9780312210205
0312230982
9780312230982