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Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature
Engelsk Hardback
Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature
Engelsk Hardback

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Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature employs an analysis of select African American novels and applies trauma studies and Black Feminist Studies to explain the significance of trauma and traumatic experiences that stem from slavery and how this advances scholarly discussions about African American literature. Using the crooked room theory from Melissa Harris-Perry’s Sister Citizen (2011), the author argues that the traumatic legacy of slavery is the “crooked room” that African Americans, especially Black women, are forced to navigate to facilitate healing. Much like trauma, healing is not a linear concept, and healing is more about reclaiming oneself in the aftermath of traumatic experiences. An intersectional approach facilitated by Black Feminist Studies is pivotal for uplifting the traumatic experiences of African Americans, especially women, that does justice to their specific histories. Although slavery is pushed out of public awareness because of people who are uncomfortable with confronting slavery’s traumatic magnitude on the Black community, African American literature is not removed from discussing past and present traumas that are pervasive in the Black community.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
158
ISBN-13:
9781666921380
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1666921386
Udg. Dato:
15 feb 2023
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
237mm
Højde:
158mm
Forlag:
Lexington Books
Oplagsdato:
15 feb 2023
Forfatter(e):
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