Megan Sibbett, Shock and Yawn: Resisting Banal Terror Through Queer Storytelling

The title of Megan Sibbett’s work, Shock and Yawn, encapsulates the book’s reflection on violence and terror alongside the mundane character of the daily life within which they occur. Sibbett sets out to introduce its readers to the concept of intimate violence as defined by Anzaldúa through her pe...

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Главный автор: Bartel, Dawid
Формат: Article ou chapitre numérique
Язык:Anglais
Опубликовано: European journal of American studies 2026
Online-ссылка:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Итог:The title of Megan Sibbett’s work, Shock and Yawn, encapsulates the book’s reflection on violence and terror alongside the mundane character of the daily life within which they occur. Sibbett sets out to introduce its readers to the concept of intimate violence as defined by Anzaldúa through her personal history, poetry, and fiction. The work employs an Anzaldúan framework to analyze how intimate violence and terrorism remain hidden beneath the guise of benevolence of the state. Queer fictio...