Format:
1 Online-Ressource (128 Seiten)
ISBN:
9004380256
,
9789004380257
Series Statement:
At the interface/probing the boundaries volume 105
Content:
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, socio-political constructs, racism, and religion that this volume attempts to explore. Moving across continents and cultures, the book examine a wide range of emotional and geographical terrains like the law of karma, gender violence, epic narratives, caste system, and cinema in India; the horror of the Holocaust and metaphysical revenge; witchcraft in Ghana, South Africa, and Namibia; Greek mythology; and sexual and emotional abuse of women by a Portuguese Brazilian slave holder
Note:
Includes index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004380248
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004380240
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Eight faces of revenge Leiden : Brill Rodopi, 2019 ISBN 9789004380240
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004380248
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
DOI:
10.1163/9789004380257
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