The Chakkar - Indian Arts Review
Gopal Lahiri’s Poetry of Motion
Gopal Lahiri’s Poetry of Motion
‘Almost Interpretable, Almost Bearable’: Four poems by Sambhu R.
‘Almost Interpretable, Almost Bearable’: Four poems by Sambhu R.
Punarmilāma
Punarmilāma
Literature The Chakkar Literature The Chakkar

The Performance of Trauma in Fiction

Priyanka Chakrabarty dives into examples of contemporary South Asian literature to explore the blurred line between trauma and ‘trauma porn’. Can fiction account for lived experiences and realities of trauma without making the plot performative?

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