Eight Faces of Revenge / Vibha S. Chauhan.

Is revenge an expression of rage, pain, strength, frailty, justice, or sadism? A complex emotion, revenge defies simple definitions since it is infused with different social codes and ethics. It is this intricate connection between the idea of revenge and its connections with history, aesthetics, so...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, , Boston : : Brill | Rodopi,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries 105.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 128 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Vibha Singh Chauhan and Lily Halpert-Zamir
  • Holocaust Literature as Metaphysical Revenge / Lily Halpert-Zamir
  • Hindi Cinema and the Avenging Woman / Nirmalya Samanta
  • From the Brink of the Inferno to the Long Road to Innocence: an Anatomy of Rape / Sandhya S. Nayar
  • The Runaway Prodigal: a Study of Rebellion and Reconciliation / Minnie Mattheew
  • Vengeance and Witchcraft: an African Perspective / Sheila C. Bibb
  • Making Generations: Corregidora as a Revenge Novel / Shaheena Ayub Bhatti
  • Subversion as Revenge: an Alternative Reading of Hegemonic Culture by Dalits in India / Ruchi Singh
  • Revenge and Retribution in Society, Politics and Literature in India / Vibha Singh Chauhan.