VOLUME 1(3) • 2013
Constructing identity
ABSTRACT. In her novels, Rhys reorders fragmented elements of her Afrocentric identity. The heteroglossia and calypso infuse her writings: the interaction of many voices, the condensed imagery, rhetorical devices of satire and questioning, themes of betrayal, exploitation and oppression. In addition..
The phenomenology of magic experiences
ABSTRACT. The existence of peculiar behavioral patterns whereby people endorse the fact that reality has invisible dimensions is irrefutable. The feeling that a higher ranking world exists which is, in certain ways, similar to ours, but has total command over what happens on Earth, governs the inner..
The glove-eater
ABSTRACT. A case of complex paraphilia is presented, followed by its integration into the encompassing group (containing descriptions, in terms of ICD-10 and DSM-5, of fetishism, transvestic fetishism, exhibitionism, voyeurism, paedophilia, sexual masochism, frotteurism, paraphilias not otherwise sp..
Moulding dark shapeless chaos into exuberant creation
ABSTRACT. Deep pain and exuberant joy are the two facets of Mary Shelley’s biography and literary output. In order to better understand the connections between trauma (physical or psychological) and forms of (literary) creativity, and in order to better answer questions related to the genesis of the..