Title Creating memory and cultural identity in African American trauma fiction / by Patricia San José Rico

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource Series Critical approaches to ethnic American literature ; volume 6 Critical approaches to ethnic American literature ; no. 6. Contents Front Matter -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cultural, Collective, and Literary Trauma: Foundations for Analysis -- History, Roots and Myth: Toni Morrison's Paradise and Gloria Naylor's Mama Day -- The Dangers of Repression/Suppression: Toni Morrison's Beloved -- The Recovery of History: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident -- Epilogue: Is Closure Possible? the Use of Trauma in Art as a Vehicle for Political Struggle -- Back Matter -- Works Cited Summary 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?0Patricia San Jose 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 19, 2019) Subject African Americans in literature. American literature -- African American authors. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Literatura norteamericana -- Autores afronorteamericanos Afronorteamericanos African Americans in literature American literature -- African American authors Form Electronic book ISBN 9789004364103 9004364102

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