Eight Faces of Revenge (At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries, 105)

Is revenge an expression of rage, pain, strength, frailty, justice, or sadism? A complex emotion, revenge defies simple definitions since it is infused with different social codes and ethics. It is this intricate connection between the idea of revenge and its connections with history, aesthetics, socio-political constructs, racism, and religion that this volume attempts to explore. Moving across continents and cultures, the book examine a wide range of emotional and geographical terrains like the law of karma, gender violence, epic narratives, caste system, and cinema in India; the horror of the Holocaust and metaphysical revenge; witchcraft in Ghana, South Africa, and Namibia; Greek mythology; and sexual and emotional abuse of women by a Portuguese Brazilian slave holder.

Vibha Singh Chauhan, Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, is a widely published critical and creative writer who works in three languages, English, Hindi and Bhojpuri. Her major research interests are non-urban cultures, translation studies, and political and legal studies. Lily Halpert-Zamir is a senior lecturer at the David Yellin Academic College of Education in Jerusalem, a member of its Academic Council and the head of its Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. She has published several books, four of which deal with the Holocaust, as well as dozens of articles in Hebrew and English that focus on Holocaust and gender studies.