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Mapping generations of traumatic memory in American narratives /

This volume collects work by several European, North American, and Australian academics who are interested in examining the performance and transmission of post-traumatic memory in the contemporary United States. The contributors depart from the interpretation of trauma as a unique exceptional event...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mihăilescu, Dana (Editor ), Oltean, Roxana (Editor ), Precup, Mihaela (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume collects work by several European, North American, and Australian academics who are interested in examining the performance and transmission of post-traumatic memory in the contemporary United States. The contributors depart from the interpretation of trauma as a unique exceptional event that shatters all systems of representation, as seen in the writing of early trauma theorists like Cathy Caruth, Shoshana Felman, and Dominick LaCapra. Rather, the chapters in this collection are ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781443861625
1443861626
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9781306875868