Wilker, Frank
Cultural Memories of Origin

Trauma, Memory and Imagery in African American Narratives of the Middle Passage.

Wilker analyses several discursive, aesthetic and political shifts in the memory production about the transatlantic slave trade and discusses their ramifications for the construction of black identity in the U.S. Given the deracinating nature that the middle passage experience had on African subjects, as well as the representational difficulties in portraying this rupture, the book’s analytical framework incorporates theories of trauma. 302 Seiten, gebunden (American Studies - A Monograph Series; Vol. 241/Universitätsverlag Winter 2017) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear