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    (Im)Possible Representation: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Absence in the Ritual Performance Of Trauma in Titty Cakes

    Year: 2026, 2026
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): McNeilly, Sarah, Thesis advisor (ths): Mitchell, Liam, Degree committee member (dgc): Egan, Kelly, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Is trauma representation possible without re-traumatization (of self or other)? Developed through the creation, performance, and critical analysis of Titty Cakes: A Recipe for Radical Acceptance—an autobiographical, ritual-performance rooted in lived experiences of breast cancer and gang rape—this thesis argues that trauma representation is (im)possible: possible only by accepting its… more