- Summary
- Trauma is a compelling and evocative topic in the contemporary world and as reflected in its literature. In unravelling trauma's effects, the texts studied in this volume reveal the intricacies of power and the relationship between society's demands and the individual's psychological well-being.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Vickroy, Laurie, 1954-
- Published
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2002
- Locale
- West Indies
United States
- Contents
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Representing trauma : issues, contexts, narrative tools
Subjugation, nurturance, and legacies of trauma
The traumatized child as outcast in Duras and Morrison
"A Loved Version of Your Life" : healing and the provisional self
Remembering history through the body.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index.
Representing trauma : issues, contexts, narrative tools -- Subjugation, nurturance, and legacies of trauma -- The traumatized child as outcast in Duras and Morrison -- "A Loved Version of Your Life" : healing and the provisional self -- Remembering history through the body.
