Beschreibung:
This book examines the 'cultural apparatus' of Human Rights in India today. It unravels discourses of victimhood, oppression, suffering and witnessing through a study of autobiographies, memoirs, reportage and media coverage, and documentaries.
List of Abbreviations. Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Introducing the Culture of Human Rights 2. Atrocity, the Trauma Narrative and the Victim-Subject 3. The Other Victim: The Survivor as Witness and the Work of Testimony 4. The Postcolonial Bildungsroman, 'Knowing Subalternity' and the Citizen-Subject 5. Human Rights, Narrative and the Sympathetic Imagination 6. Conclusion: Reading Matters. Bibliography. About the Author. Index