02844nam 2200685 a 450 991045688670332120200520144314.01-280-49015-297866135853870-8139-2895-8(CKB)2550000000047945(OCoLC)753977939(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495604(SSID)ssj0000631318(PQKBManifestationID)11370105(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631318(PQKBWorkID)10591918(PQKB)11301476(MiAaPQ)EBC3443973(MdBmJHUP)muse3987(Au-PeEL)EBL3443973(CaPaEBR)ebr10495604(CaONFJC)MIL358538(EXLCZ)99255000000004794520090610d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTraumatic possessions[electronic resource] the body and memory in African American women's writing and performance /Jennifer L. GriffithsCharlottesville University of Virginia Press20091 online resource (145 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-2884-2 0-8139-2883-4 Includes bibliographical references and index."The quick gasp of sympathy": trauma and interracial witnessing in Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose -- Betrayal trauma and the test of complicity in Suzan-Lori Parks's Venus -- Between women: trauma, witnessing, and the legacy of interracial rape in Robbie Mccauley's Sally's rape -- Uncanny spaces: trauma, cultural memory, and female body in Gayl Jones's Corregidora -- "I have never seen a movie like that": traumatic memory and the "acceleration of history" in Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismPsychic trauma in literatureHuman body in literatureMemory in literatureAfrican American women in literatureElectronic books.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Psychic trauma in literature.Human body in literature.Memory in literature.African American women in literature.810.9/9287/08996Griffiths Jennifer L.1968-1034507MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456886703321Traumatic possessions2453686UNINA