Tag: the-male-gaze

  • Brokenness and Resilience: The Aestheticization of Violence in Crime Fiction

    Resilience Discourse In several contexts over the past few weeks, references to resilience have irritated me. My re-immersion in trauma theory for a book chapter has me thinking about who is expected to be endlessly resilient, and how this call to demonstrate strength becomes an excuse to ignore pain, abuse, and systemic inequalities. Resilience discourse…