Urban Captivity Narratives
Evolving from a rigorous study of post-9/11 women''s writing, Dr. Heather Hillsburg''s new monograph identifies an emerging genre, which she names Urban Captivity Narratives. Using examples ranging from memoir to young adult fiction, each of the texts examined in the study follows a female protagonist who has survived abduction, been held captive for months or even years, and subjected to sexual, ...
Evolving from a rigorous study of post-9/11 women''s writing, Dr. Heather Hillsburg''s new monograph identifies an emerging genre, which she names Urban Captivity Narratives. Using examples ranging from memoir to young adult fiction, each of the texts examined in the study follows a female protagonist who has survived abduction, been held captive for months or even years, and subjected to sexual, ...
