Dictée
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Publication Year
1982
Publisher
Subject
Feminism, Suffering, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Intermedia, Literature, Art
Description
A classic work of autobiography that transcends the self, *Dictée* is the story of several women: the Korean revolutionary Yu Guan Soon, Joan of Arc, Demeter and Persephone, Cha's mother (Hyung Soon Huo), a Korean born in Manchuria to first-generation Korean exiles), and Cha herself. The element that unites these women is suffering and the transcendence of suffering. The book is divided into nine parts structured around the Greek muses. Cha deploys a variety of texts, documents, images, and forms of address and inquiry to explore issues of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory. The result is a work of power, complexity, and enduring beauty.
Number of Copies
1
