Creating memory and cultural identity in African American trauma fiction /

How do contemporary African American authors relate trauma, memory, and the recovery of the past with the processes of cultural and identity formation in African American communities?0Patricia San Jose analyses a variety of novels by authors like Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, and David Bradley and e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: San José Rico, Patricia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2019]
Colección:Critical approaches to ethnic American literature ; no. 6.
Temas:
African Americans in literature.
American literature > African American authors.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Literatura norteamericana > Autores afronorteamericanos
Afronorteamericanos
African Americans in literature
American literature > African American authors
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Cultural, Collective, and Literary Trauma: Foundations for Analysis
  • History, Roots and Myth: Toni Morrison's Paradise and Gloria Naylor's Mama Day
  • The Dangers of Repression/Suppression: Toni Morrison's Beloved
  • The Recovery of History: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident
  • Epilogue: Is Closure Possible? the Use of Trauma in Art as a Vehicle for Political Struggle
  • Back Matter
  • Works Cited.

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