The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights (Routledge Literature Companions)

Book Details:

• Author: Sophia A. McClennen

• Brand: Routledge

• Edition: 1

• Binding: Hardcover

• Format: Illustrated

• Number of Pages: 550

• Release Date: 06-Aug-2015

• ISBN: 9780415736411

• Languages: English

• Package Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 1.3 inches

Product Description:

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights offers a comprehensive, transnational, and interdisciplinary approach to this emerging field. It provides a broad overview of human rights and literature, offering innovative readings on key topics. This volume covers a range of essential themes, bridging disciplines between the social sciences and humanities, and provides a rich map to the study of human rights through literature.

Sections of the book explore various subjects, such as subjectivity, humanity, identity, gender, and the intersection of universality with the particular. It investigates the different ways in which human rights stories are crafted through literary, visual, performative, and oral forms. Additionally, the volume traces the evolution of human rights literature in connection to specific historical events and regions, highlighting both its power and limitations.

This collection features contributions from a diverse group of scholars and offers an ideal introduction for those new to the study of literature and human rights. It provides fresh interdisciplinary perspectives and insights, making it an essential resource for anyone interested in the intersection of literature, rights, and global contexts.