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Sexual assault leaves a psychic wound. While the physical body may heal quickly or even fail to show signs of intrusion, the mind and emotions do not. Neurology is altered. Guilt and fear are carried in cells retaining data concerning the moment or moments of invasive harm. To amplify anxieties, this assault is most often initiated by someone close to a victim challenging notions of trust.So how does one come to terms with this violence at the hands of a trusted acquaintance, family member, lover, or friend? There's no easy answer to this question. As Floralia demonstrates, victims are often put on display and scrutinized by society, thereby leaving them to grapple with their emotional experiences and stressors alone. Many turn to people and substances that numb pain but do not offer sincere regard for their wellbeing. Written in three sections, the poems and radio play in Floralia confront the insidious influence of sexual abuse on a victim's psyche and the public voyuering of assault narratives, a social habit that leaves a victim feeling more isolated and alone. Providing a window into a victim's interiority, this book documents the cyclical and intimate nature of sexual assault as Kimberly Ann Priest writes through the process of surviving trauma and all the real ways in which it manifests. She asks us to sit with turbulence and ponder our role as acquaintance, family member, lover, or friend to someone who has been assaulted through an unsettling and cinematic narrative of broken trust.
- Format: Häftad
- ISBN: 9781963115505
- Utgivningsdatum: 2025-10-01
- Förlag: Unsolicited Press