Accented Speech in Literature, Art, and Theory

Tingting Hui is an Assistant Professor at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Her work centers on critical theory, contemporary literature and arts, and care ethics. Her papers received the Young Scholar Excellence Award from MESEA and the Honorable Mention of the Horst Frenz Prize from ACLA.

“This is the most exciting, lively, intelligent book I have read in a long time.”– Mieke Bal, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam

• Introduction: The Return of the Speaking Body, 1 Accented Speech Acts, 2 Audiovisual Counterpoint, 3 From the Buccal Tribunal to the Buccal Theater, 4 Onomatopoeic Translation, 5 The Little Girl, the Schizophrenic, and the Exophonic, Conclusion: For the Love of Literature, Works Cited, Index