LEADER 03089nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910827728603321 005 20240418044622.0 010 $a1-280-49015-2 010 $a9786613585387 010 $a0-8139-2895-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000047945 035 $a(OCoLC)753977939 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495604 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631318 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11370105 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631318 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591918 035 $a(PQKB)11301476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443973 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3987 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443973 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495604 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358538 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000047945 100 $a20090610d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTraumatic possessions$b[electronic resource] $ethe body and memory in African American women's writing and performance /$fJennifer L. Griffiths 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCharlottesville $cUniversity of Virginia Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (145 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8139-2884-2 311 $a0-8139-2883-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"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. 330 $aIn focusing specifically and exclusively on the relation of trauma to race and on the influence of racism on the creation and reception of narrative testimony, this book distinguishes itself from previous studies of the literatures of trauma. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPsychic trauma in literature 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aMemory in literature 606 $aAfrican American women in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPsychic trauma in literature. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aMemory in literature. 615 0$aAfrican American women in literature. 676 $a810.9/9287/08996 700 $aGriffiths$b Jennifer L.$f1968-$01602442 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827728603321 996 $aTraumatic possessions$93926422 997 $aUNINA