abject vi, 12, 16, 47–51, 54, 112, 153, 154, 158–59, 161, 167, 174
Achebe, Chinua 4
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi v, 13, 59, 60, 64, 71, 76, 77, 191
Adshead, Kay 16, 153, 154, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 167, 168
Africa 3, 16, 73, 75, 101, 105, 109, 114, 154, 163, 177, 184, 189
African 4, 34, 37, 44, 52, 60, 73, 75, 80, 92, 108, 135, 154, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165, 167, 175, 176
African American 7
agency 29, 38, 57, 60, 62, 70, 76, 91, 112, 165, 180, 182, 196, 207
American 29, 50, 80, 82, 84, 86, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 108, 182, 186, 189
anti-colonialism 1, 11, 16, 39, 83, 86, 90, 94, 95, 96, 172, 179, 180, 181, 210
apartheid 2, 15, 25, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147
Armstrong, Nancy, and Leonard Tennenhouse 9
Asia 189
Australia vi, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 17, 201, 202, 204, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212
Caribbean 7, 11, 13, 23, 24, 26, 44, 45, 47, 56, 79, 80, 81, 82–83, 86, 91, 93, 96, 189
child abuse 86
Congo 5, 7, 101, 102, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110, 112, 114, 116, 156
Congolese vi, 5, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116
crime 3, 15, 23, 24, 27, 28, 32–33, 37, 39, 46, 47, 49, 56, 86, 102, 113, 114, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140–41, 144, 145, 146, 148, 153, 155, 156, 165, 172, 176, 178, 179, 203, 207
empathy 14, 30, 69, 74, 81, 102, 103–04, 107–08, 109, 111, 115–16
environmental violence vi, 17, 201, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 212
ethics v, 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 34, 37, 102, 104, 108, 109, 114, 115, 116, 158, 164, 211
ethnic cleansing 128
European 2, 3, 12, 13, 43, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 73, 75, 88, 102, 105, 134, 171, 202, 203, 206, 208
Gappah, Petina vi, 16, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 182, 183, 184
gender v, 3, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 43, 46, 54, 55, 56, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 71, 72, 76, 89, 116, 119–20, 127, 129, 130, 154, 157, 178, 179
Gikandi, Simon 164
Gilroy, Paul 52
magical realism 94
Maleševic, Siniša 14
McKenzie, Catriona 17, 18, 202, 203, 204, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212
memory 17, 30, 35, 45, 46, 50, 52, 88, 102, 161, 171, 174, 197
Miller, Kei v, 11–12, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
murder 12, 16, 23, 24, 26–30, 32, 35, 39, 40, 45, 47, 49–50, 57, 113, 136, 139, 171, 172, 177, 178, 179, 180, 191
myth 13, 56, 81, 86, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 121, 123, 124, 126, 177
Palestine 52
perpetrator 14, 35, 59, 67, 76, 101, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 173, 176, 178
physical violence 2, 3, 4, 12, 15, 16, 17, 35, 44, 48, 59, 69, 72, 123, 126–27, 134, 135, 154, 156, 157, 168, 177, 178, 182, 188, 190, 191, 192
Ponzanesi, Sandra 14
prison 15, 16, 28, 36, 62, 103, 105, 132, 136–42, 146, 148, 155, 157, 160, 162, 171, 178–79, 181, 182, 183, 184, 192, 193, 194, 195
prostitution 30, 47, 49, 57, 60, 63, 64, 76, 105, 115, 127, 129
psychological violence 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 44, 72, 154, 157, 196
race 7, 11, 12, 34, 43, 54, 56, 61, 64, 66, 72, 75, 76, 92, 119, 132, 134, 144, 146, 181, 203
racism 8, 9, 34, 46, 61, 76, 134, 154, 156, 160, 173, 174, 175, 176, 180, 208
rape vi, 3, 12, 13, 27, 29, 30, 61–62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 77, 81, 90–91, 95, 101, 104, 105, 107–13, 115–17, 127–28, 154, 191
realism 143
resistance 6, 11, 14, 18, 24, 26, 35, 39, 56, 69, 76, 81, 95, 108, 110, 165, 166, 167, 172, 179, 181, 182, 183, 210
Rwanda 102
Saudi Arabia 17, 187, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198
Scott, David 11
sex 10, 35, 53, 65, 67, 68, 69, 71, 77, 82, 84, 85, 86, 90, 91, 107, 127, 129, 181
sexual assault v, 12, 13, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 69, 71, 76, 77, 83
sexual violence 13, 14, 15, 28, 29, 30, 44, 49, 55, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 76, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 105, 109, 110, 111, 112, 127, 128, 154, 156, 168, 173, 178, 188
Sheller, Mimi 16
short story v, 11, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 51, 55
slave trade 161
slavery vi, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, 39, 43, 44–47, 49, 50, 51, 56, 80, 96, 101, 105, 127, 153, 154, 157, 160, 161, 163, 164, 167, 168, 172, 177, 180, 187, 189
slow violence 17, 111, 117, 202, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211
soldier 15, 35, 61, 91, 95, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 120, 121–23, 125–29, 156
South Africa 2, 5, 11, 12, 14, 25, 132, 134, 140, 145, 147, 148, 172
South African vi, 15, 25, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 142, 147, 156
subjective violence 8, 17, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 76, 173–74, 175, 176, 177, 191
symbolic violence v, 8, 13, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 92, 94, 134, 136, 146, 173, 175
systemic violence vi, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 59, 60, 63, 69, 72, 146, 156, 173, 176, 179, 181, 183, 186, 187, 191
Tanner, Laura E. 9
terror warfare 2
testimony vi, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 128
The Philippines 52
trauma vi, 8–9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 45–46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 56, 64, 70, 88, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 153, 154, 156, 157, 171, 172, 174, 176, 177, 182, 183, 188, 196, 197, 207, 208
trigger warning 10
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