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A Boy’s Journey and the Journey to Freedom*
Author(s) -
Zussman Robert
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12674
Subject(s) - oppression , testimonial , sociology , realization (probability) , gender studies , aesthetics , wilderness , psychoanalysis , psychology , law , politics , philosophy , political science , ecology , statistics , mathematics , advertising , business , biology
The journey to freedom is a literary genre that involves a realization of oppression, a decision to leave, a journey that is both physical and moral, a wilderness experience, a self‐reinvention, and, most importantly, a first person testimonial to the reality of oppression.