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"Pornography of Violence": Strategies of Representation in Plays by Naomi Wallace, Stefanie Zadravec, and Lynn Nottage
Academic journal article from The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 23, No. 1
Beginning of article
When Lynn Nottage was writing the Pulitzer prize -winning Kuined, she was "determined to avoid the 'pornography' she thinks has pervaded much of the Western press' reporting on Africa."1 The dangers involved in presenting or re -presenting violence on stage were pointed out by Charlotte Canning: playwrights must be aware that re-enactment or even discussion of brutality and rape can become "pornographic ally erotic."2 The term "pornography of violence" was coined by American poet Gamel Woolsey in 1936 as she listened to the rumors of horror stories that were being bandied about by British refugees from the Spanish Civil War, and it is a concept that is relevant in relation to the theme of …
