ABSTRACT

What does it mean to be a subject of human rights? Depending on the framework through which we regard that subject, he or she may be a victim, an agent, or something in between. This book investigates the relation between the status of the subject and the forms of human rights discourses in different aesthetic and social contexts. We want to better understand the framing of the schism between vulnerable victimhood and capable agency, its strategic purposes, and its consequences.