"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.
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.
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