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2 août 2017
- doi: 10.4000/ejas.12074
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Pascale Antolin, « “Cancer was an alchemist”: Eve Ensler’s Experiences of Vulnerability in In the Body of the World », European journal of American studies, ID : 10.4000/ejas.12074
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This article analyzes Eve Ensler’s experiences of vulnerability as they are related in her 2013 memoir, In the Body of the World. While the book illustrates “traditional” or etymological vulnerability, resulting from trauma and cancer, it also exemplifies what American philosopher Erinn Gilson calls “epistemic vulnerability,” i.e. vulnerability not as weakness but as potential. As both illness and trauma narrative, Ensler’s memoir also offers an opportunity to question the dichotomy between disability and trauma studies.