In the wake of radical social movements in the 1960s and 1970s, literary studies' embrace of
politics entailed a widespread rejection of aesthetic considerations. For scholars invested in …

A staggering amount of research has been conducted on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel
Beloved. More than a decade ago Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu claimed that “a virtual industry of …

This book fills a gap in the field of contemporary trauma studies by interrogating the
relevance of trauma for African literatures. Kurtz argues that a thoughtful application of …

The first book to trace the critical reception of the great African American woman writer,
attending not only to her fiction but to her nonfiction and critical writings. Toni Morrison (1931 …

Cultural memory involves a community's shared memories, the selection of which is based
on current political and social needs. A past that is significant to a national group is re …

This essay argues that Ishmael's implausible narration in Moby-Dick (with its evident
concealments, inventions, and fantasies) results from his status as a traumatized survivor …

Empathy and the Phantasmic in Ethnic American Trauma Narratives examines a burgeoning
genre of ethnic American literature called phantasmic trauma narratives, which use culturally …

Barely has literature failed to inspire the concept of trauma. Nor has trauma been a trivial
cogitation for literature. This reciprocation, which is ingrained in the ineludible alliance …

This dissertation explores transgenerational traumas of slavery, discrimination, social
marginalization pertaining to women and youth of color. The analyses approach novels …

Evelyne Trouillot's 2010 novel La mémoire aux abois is one of several Haitian texts in the
21st century to grapple with what Regine Jean-Charles calls" wounds of memory," …