Postcolonial Traumas Memory, Narrative, Resistance
This collection of essays explores some new possibilities for understanding postcolonial traumas. It examines representations of both personal and collective traumas around the globe from Palestinian, Caribbean, African American, South African, Maltese, A
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Postcolonial Traumas Memory, Narrative, Resistance Edited by
Abigail Ward Assistant Professor in English Literature, University of Nottingham, UK
Introduction, selection and editorial content © Abigail Ward 2015 Individual chapters © Contributors 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-52642-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-56934-2 ISBN 978-1-137-52643-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137526434 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Postcolonial traumas: memory, narrative, resistance / edited by Abigail Ward. pages cm 1. Postcolonialism in literature. 2. Psychic trauma in literature. 3. Collective memory in literature. 4. Postcolonialism in motion pictures. I. Ward, Abigail Lara. PN56.P555P6775 2015 809'.93358—dc23 2015020289 Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.
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Contents Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
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Introduction Abigail Ward
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1 Chronic Trauma, (Post)Colonial Chronotopes and Palestinian Lives: Omar Robert Hamilton’s Though I Know the River is Dry/Ma‘a Anni A‘rif Anna al-Nahr Qad Jaf Lindsey Moore and Ahmad Qabaha
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2 From Mary Prince to Joan Riley: Women Writers and the ‘Casual Cruelty’ of a West Indian Childhood Sandra Courtman
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3 Harlem Tricksters: Cheating the Cycle of Trauma in the Fiction of Ralph Ellison and Nella Larsen Emily Zobel Marshall
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4 Trauma and Testimo
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