Troubling Violence
A Performance Project
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Published by: University Press of Mississippi
Contributors: M. Heather Carver
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Pages: 160
ISBN13: 978-1604732085
Overview
A collaboration between Lawless and M. Carver, a theatre colleague, this unique book, presented as a play, is meant to “trouble” the kinds of violence experienced in women’s lives by exposing the violence through the stories that women tell, for their personal survival and for creating a sense of community with other survivors. The performances honor the individual stories and storytellers (anonymously) and, in the process, invite audience members to share their own stories within a safe space.
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Praise
“The authors illustrate that performative writing and storytelling are ways of defying control on the page. Importantly, (the work illustrates) the ways violence wreaks havoc in women’s lives.”
—Deanna Shoemaker, Liminalities
“This book presents real-life narratives as a means of heightening social awareness and dialogue about intimate partner violence. ‘Troubling violence’ refers to violence that is ‘troubling,’ but also to the authors' intent to ‘trouble’ perceptions that enforce social, cultural, legal, and religious attitudes that perpetuate abuse against women.”
—Research Gate
“Neither the stories of abuse nor the description of the troupe’s work is polished or neat, and there are certainly no tidy endings. The women’s stories and the work itself are a messy business, but through the power of story they are both attempts to change lives and make a difference, a worthy goal for any writer or scholar. The authors were able to do both.”
—Goodreads Review
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