The article also contributes to the existing body of literature by examining how these women transcend their experiences of trauma and find new meaning in life. Alongside discussing the role of spirituality in post-traumatic growth, the role of pharmacotherapy and other mainstream sources of help in...
De Lauretis endorses Roland Barthes's position that narrative is "international, transhistorical, transcultural"; but she specifies that "subjectivity is engaged in the cogs of narrative, meaning, and desire," and further that "the relation of narrative and desire must be sought in the ...
Indian laws require the identity of a rape victim to be protected. She has been given the moniker “Abhaya,” meaning without fear, and her case has become the latest to fuel surging anger in India overendemic violence against women. But it also galvanized doctors to call for better protecti...