Paperback. New. Explores violence against women in the second half of the twentieth century, and in doing so unearths the memory of a generation. The author examines Newfoundland in the 1940s and 1950s and New York in the 1960s; her confrontations with violence, incest, and rape; the devastating loss of friends to AIDS; and the relationship between life and art. ISBN 0889204179 9780889204171 [GB]

ISBN10: 0889204179, ISBN13: 9780889204171, [publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario] Softcover Paperback. What is memory, and where is it stored in the body? Can a room be symbolic of a lifetime? Memories are like layers of your skin or layers of paint on a canvas. In The Queen of Peace Room, Magie Dominic peels away these layers as she explores her life, that of a Newfoundlander turned New Yorker, an artist and a writer - and frees herself from the memories of her violent past. On an eight-day retreat with Catholic nuns in a remote location safe from the outside world, she exposes, and captures, fifty years of violent memories and weaves them into a tapestry of unforgettable images. The room she inhabits while there is called The Queen of Peace Room; it becomes, for her, a room of sanctuary. She examines Newfoundland in the 1940s and 1950s and New York in the 1960s; her confrontations with violence, incest, and rape; the devastating loss of friends to AIDS; and the relationship between life and art. In The Queen of Peace Room, from a very personal perspective, Magie Dominic explores violence against women in the second half of the twentieth century, and in doing so unearths the memory of a generation. In eight days, she captures half a century. Explores violence against women in the second half of the twentieth century, and in doing so unearths the memory of a generation. The author examines Newfoundland in the 1940s and 1950s and New York in ...

Wilfrid Laurier University Press, September Date: 2002. Paperback. USED Very Good. 2002. Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN 0889204179 9780889204171 [US]

Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Date: 2002-09-18. Paperback. Good. 2002. Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN 0889204179 9780889204171 [US]