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Silence and rage in Miriam Toews's Mennonite novels
"This book focuses on the work of Miriam Toews, which give voice to generations of Mennonite women who have been silenced as part of the official Mennonite story. Rita Dirks argues that through exposing the violence Mennonite women experience from within their own communities, Toews problematizes the Mennonite tradition of proclaimed pacifism"--
A memoir of a "weak and effeminate" man. Swing low: a life of dignity -- Plautdietsch and silence in A complicated kindness -- Irma Voth: art, shunning (again), and domestic violence -- All my puny sorrows: a defense of art and the right to die -- A hayloft of their own: from rape to rage in Women talking -- Fight night: healing and writing for generations to come.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-134) and index.