Shhhhhhame: silencing the family secret in Sam Shepard's Buried Child.(Part One: Family Systems as Literary Theory)(Critical essay): An article from: Style
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Author(s)Benjamin Opipari
PublisherNorthern Illinois University
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From the author: A family systems analysis of Sam Shepard's Buried Child reveals that this family of outcasts is involved in a cyclical pattern of self-destruction. They are unable to cope with two horrible events overshadowing them: incest and infanticide. The family--already dysfunctional--tries to suppress any memory of these events in an effort to maintain homeostasis and a sense of normalcy, but their suppression only adds to their dysfunction. It is not the incest and infanticide that wreaks havoc on the family. Instead, it is their reaction: instead of coping with the events through open communication, their sense of shame renders them silent, and this silence affects every interaction among the family members, whether or not it is related to the incest and infanticide.
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Title: Shhhhhhame: silencing the family secret in Sam Shepard's Buried Child.(Part One: Family Systems as Literary Theory)(Critical essay)
Author: Benjamin Opipari
Publication:Style (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2010
Publisher: Northern Illinois University
Volume: 44 Issue: 1-2 Page: 123(17)
Article Type: Critical essay
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
From the author: A family systems analysis of Sam Shepard's Buried Child reveals that this family of outcasts is involved in a cyclical pattern of self-destruction. They are unable to cope with two horrible events overshadowing them: incest and infanticide. The family--already dysfunctional--tries to suppress any memory of these events in an effort to maintain homeostasis and a sense of normalcy, but their suppression only adds to their dysfunction. It is not the incest and infanticide that wreaks havoc on the family. Instead, it is their reaction: instead of coping with the events through open communication, their sense of shame renders them silent, and this silence affects every interaction among the family members, whether or not it is related to the incest and infanticide.
Citation Details
Title: Shhhhhhame: silencing the family secret in Sam Shepard's Buried Child.(Part One: Family Systems as Literary Theory)(Critical essay)
Author: Benjamin Opipari
Publication:Style (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2010
Publisher: Northern Illinois University
Volume: 44 Issue: 1-2 Page: 123(17)
Article Type: Critical essay
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
