Afterword: Voices and Violence-- A Dialogue

Authors

Ellen Wright Clayton
Jay Clayton

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Vanderbilt Law Review

Publication Date

1990

ISSN

0042-2533

Page Number

1807

Keywords

social change, literature and society, sociological jurisprudence

Disciplines

Human Rights Law | Law | Law and Society

Abstract

When organizing this Symposium on the topic of "Law, Literature, and Social Change," we asked whether current trends in literature and in literary, social, and legal theory actually could play a role in bringing about social change. The authors gathered at this Symposium responded to this question in very different ways. As we read their articles and comments, however, and as we talked about their various approaches, some common themes began to emerge. Narrative seemed important. The way people split public life off from private experience came up frequently. But violence seemed to be on everyone's mind.

Recommended Citation

Ellen Wright Clayton and Jay Clayton, Afterword: Voices and Violence-- A Dialogue, 43 Vanderbilt Law Review. 1807 (1990)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/189