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04017aam a2200481 i 4500 001 1E12CBDC78F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 200618s2021 enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0367086271 020 $a 9780367086275 035 $a (OCoLC)1180282665 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d GSU $d OCLCO $d OCL $d SILO 050 4 $a PR9387.4 $b .R35 2021 082 04 $a 809.39358 $a 809.39358 $2 23 100 1 $a Rajiva, Jay, $e author. 245 10 $a Toward an animist reading of postcolonial trauma literature / $c Jay Rajiva. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2021. 300 $a vii, 147 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge contemporary Africa series 520 $a "This book uses the conceptual framework of animism, the belief in the spiritual qualities of nonhuman matter, to analyze representations of trauma in postcolonial fiction from Nigeria and India. Toward an Animist Reading of Postcolonial Trauma Literature initiates a conversation between contemporary trauma literatures of Nigeria and India on animism. As postcolonial nations move farther away from the event of decolonization in real time, the experience of trauma take[s] place within and is generated by an increasingly precarious environment of resource scarcity, over-accelerated industrialization, and ecological crisis. These factors combine to create mixed environments marked by constantly changing interactions between human and nonhuman matter. Examining novels by authors such as Chinua Achebe, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nnedi Okorafor, and Arundhati Roy, the book considers how animist beliefs shape the aesthetic representation of trauma in postcolonial literature, paying special attention to complex metaphor and narrative structure. These literary texts challenge the conventional wisdom that working through trauma involves achieving physical and psychic integrity in a stable environment. Instead, a type of provisional but substantive healing emerges in an animist relationship between human trauma victims and nonhuman matter. In this context, animism becomes a pivotal way to reframe the process of working through trauma. Offering a rich framework for analyzing trauma in postcolonial literature, this book will be of interest to scholars of postcolonial literature, Nigerian literature and South Asian literature."--Publisher's description. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g Conclusion: $t Entangling postcolonial reading. $t Survival's strange shape : prophecy and materiality -- $t Witnessing at the limit : creative identification through dividual relation -- $t Nonsentient insurgence : perception, implication, and the disunity of locale -- $t Genres, possessed : trauma literature's coming of age -- $g Conclusion: $t Entangling postcolonial reading. 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 650 0 $a Nigerian fiction (English) $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Indic fiction (English) $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Psychic trauma in literature. 650 0 $a Animism in literature. 650 0 $a Postcolonialism in literature. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a English fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00910817 650 7 $a Animism in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00809639 650 7 $a Indic fiction (English) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00970135 650 7 $a Nigerian fiction (English) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01037596 650 7 $a Postcolonialism in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01073035 650 7 $a Psychic trauma in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01081229 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9780429657436 830 0 $a Routledge contemporary Africa series. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117030618.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1E12CBDC78F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search