Overview

This volume studies the manifestations of female trauma through the exploration of multiple wounds, inflicted on both body and mind (Caruth 1996, 3) and the soul of Irish women from Northern Ireland and the Republic within a contemporary context, and in literary works written at the turn of the twenty-first century and beyond. These artistic manifestations connect tradition and modernity, debunk myths, break the silence with the exposure of uncomfortable realities, dismantle stereotypes and reflect reality with precision. Women’s issues and female experiences depicted in contemporary fiction may provide an explanation for past and present gender dynamics, revealing a pathway for further renegotiation of gender roles and the achievement of equilibrium and equality between sexes. These works might help to seal and heal wounds both old and new and offer solutions to the quandaries of tomorrow.

Full Product Details

Author:   Madalina Armie ,  Veronica Membrive
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.571kg
ISBN:  

9781032409641

ISBN 10:   1032409649
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   30 January 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

MADALINA ARMIE AND VERÓNICA MEMBRIVE Introduction PART I – ESSAYS JESSICA ALIAGA-LAVRIJSEN University of Zaragoza, Spain Trauma, Reproduction and Breeding in Catherine Brophy’s Dark Paradise BURCU GÜLÜM TEKIN University of Zaragoza, Spain Different Kinds of Love: Silenced Women in Leland Bardwell’s Short Fiction ELENA CANTUESO URBANO AND MARÍA ISABEL ROMERO RUIZ University of Málaga, Spain Trauma after a Life of Torture in Irish Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Survivors’ Testimonies and Patricia Burke-Brogan’s Stained Glass at Samhain PAULA ROMO-MAYOR University of Zaragoza, Spain Shattering the Moulds of Tradition: The Role of Women in the Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma in Rachel Seiffert’s The Walk Home MELANIA TERRAZAS University of La Rioja, Spain Representations of Trauma, Memory and the Silencing of Irish Women: Storytelling in Emer Martin’s The Cruelty Men F.B. SCHÜRMANN University College Dublin (UCD), School of English, Drama, and Film, Ireland Exposition of a Half-formed System: Trauma and Other Matters in Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing ALICIA MURO University of La Rioja, Spain Damaged Women: Trauma, Shame and Silence in Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends and Normal People KAYLA FANNING Concordia University, Canada Conditions of Homecoming: Self-Care and Anticipation in Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours and The Surface Breaks ASIER ALTUNA-GARCÍA DE SALAZAR University of Deusto, Spain Confronting Female Unspeakable Truths in Ireland: Donal Ryan’s Strange Flowers MAYRON ESTEFAN CANTILLO-LUCUARA University of Valencia, Spain Emma Donoghue’s Hood and the Aesthetics of Existential Claustrophobia: From Traumatic Self-Retreat to Uncloseted Grief MARÍA GAVIÑA-COSTERO University of Valencia, Spain Don’t Tell Them: The Strategy of Silence in Anna Burns’ Milkman PART 2. PIECES OF CREATIVE WRITING CATHERINE DUNNE A Good Enough Mother Unpublished literary piece of novel MIA GALLAGHER Dirty Irish Punk Unpublished literary piece of novel LIA MILLS ""Flight"" Reissued short story

Reviews

Author Information

Madalina Armie earned a master’s degree in English language and literature (2014) from the University of Almería. She completed her PhD on the contemporary Irish short story at the turn of the twenty-first century at the University of Almería (2019), for which she obtained the EIDUAL Dissertation Award 2019 for Best Doctoral Dissertation (2021) and the honorary second prize for the Best Doctoral Dissertation in Studies for Equality and the Fight against Gender Violence of the University of Almeria (2022). Her current areas of research include the contemporary Irish short story and Irish women’s writing. She has published articles and reviews in international journals, such as Irish Studies Review, Estudios Irlandeses, Review of Irish Studies in Europe (RISE) and Studi Irlandesi. Armie is the author of the monograph The Irish Short Story at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century: Tradition, Society and Modernity also published by Routledge. She is currently teaching at the University of Almeria, Spain. Veronica Membrive completed her PhD at the University of Almería (2017) on Irish travel writers in Spain during the twentieth century. She has published articles and book chapters on Walter Starkie, Kate O’Brien, Aidan Higgins, Pearse Hutchison and their travels in Spain. She is currently teaching English at the University of Almería. She has been awarded the International George Campbell Award for her research on Hiberno-Spanish cultural relations (University of Málaga, 2018).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions