Creating Memory and Cultural Identity in African American Trauma Fiction

by Patricia San Jose Rico

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?
Patricia San Jos? analyses a variety of novels by authors like Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, and David Bradley and explores these works as valuable instruments for the disclosure, giving voice, and public recognition of African American collective and historical trauma.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004364099
• ISBN13: 9789004364097
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"