Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the interdisciplinary field of human rights and literature and culture accessible to nonexperts by providing the survey to its core concepts. It introduces major themes and issues. The book provides historical background, and outlines a range of central contexts and literary works. It overviews the interdiscipline's core issues and debates through innovative and insightful that expand, critique, and test the existing boundaries of work. The book offers critical frameworks for understanding the field that span history and regions while also providing the delve into the complexity of contexts and concepts that shape human rights literary and cultural production. It expands the idea of human rights literature to include texts that have often been excluded from the literary such as legal texts, performances, visual culture, social media, and human rights reports.