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Trauma and Transformation in African Literature (Hardcover)
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Trauma and Transformation in African Literature (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
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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 trauma theory in
relation to African literatures is in fact a productive exercise,
and furthermore that the benefits of this exercise include not only
what it can do for African literature, but also what it can do for
trauma studies. He makes the case for understanding trauma healing
within the larger project of peacebuilding, with an emphasis on the
transformative potential of what he terms the African moral
imagination as embodied in the creative work of its writers. He
offers readings of selected works by Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa
Thiong'o, Chimamanda Adichie, and Nuruddin Farah as case studies
for how African literature can influence our understanding of
trauma and trauma healing. This will be a valuable volume for those
with interests in current trends and developments in trauma
studies, African literary studies, postcolonial studies, and memory
studies.
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