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Black feminism and traumatic legacies in contemporary African American literature
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Title
Black feminism and traumatic legacies in contemporary African American literature / Apryl Lewis.
ISBN
9781666921380
1666921386
9781666921397
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Physical Description
ix, 147 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature expands on a literary tradition where Black writers articulate the impact of slavery's legacy over time. Along with Black Feminist studies, this book demonstrates how trauma studies can transcend Eurocentric roots by encompassing traumatic experiences of other cultures through intersectionality"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Lewis, Apryl, 1991- Black feminism and traumatic legacies in contemporary African American literature Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 06, 2023
Series
Reading trauma and memory
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"Not the being lost, but the being found": traumatic legacy and the search for home in Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing
What becomes of injustice? Shame and the obligation of remembrance and love in Tayari Jones' An American marriage
Reclaiming the ghosts of trauma's past: witnessing and testimony as healing in Jesmyn Ward's Sing, unburied, sing
Cora's resilience: the magnitude of trauma and freedom in Colson Whitehead's The underground railroad.
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