Facing Diasporic Trauma: Self-Representation in the Writings of John Hearne, Caryl Phillips, and Fred D'Aguiar; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: The Lost Roots: Imagined African Homelands; 2: The Foundational Dislocation: The Middle Passage; 3: Positioning Self and Other: Cultural Interaction in Slave Societies; 4: Aspects of Continuity: Post-Abolition and Postcolonial Interaction; 5: Bridges to the Past: The Influence of Slavery on the Contemporary Diaspora; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index
