Post-trauma, Gender and Ecology

Paths of Slavic Literatures

250 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The book explores the dynamic intersections between trauma, gender and ecology issues within contemporary Slavic literatures, offering a critical lens through which cultural upheavals of post-communist spaces are examined. Through close readings of prose, poetry, and hybrid literary forms, the volume investigates how narratives from Russia, Poland and Croatia engage with the legacies of violence, displacement and ecological degradation. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from trauma studies, gender theory, and ecocriticism, the book highlights how authors reimagine identity, memory, and human-nature relationships in response to ongoing socio-political crises and environmental changes. By foregrounding marginalized voices and experimental narrative strategies, this study reveals literature's transformative potential to engage with both personal and collective wounds, while challenging dominant historical and ecological discourses.

• Reihe: Studies on Language and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein
• ISBN: 9783631920572
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.02.2026
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Band herausgegeben von: Alessandro Amenta, Marina Ciccarini, Bianca Sulpasso