Prophetic remembrance [electronic resource] : black subjectivity in African American and South African narratives of trauma / Erica Still.
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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: - 9780813936574
- 0813936578
- Blacks in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Psychic trauma in literature
- Collective memory in literature
- Racism in literature
- South African fiction (English) -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- South African fiction (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism
- 813.009/355 23
- PS374.R32 S86 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: toward a theory of prophetic remembrance -- Ruptured wounds: the body of prophetic remembrance -- Fugitive homes: the space of prophetic remembrance -- Artful mourning: the language of prophetic remembrance -- Resurrected scars: the time of prophetic remembrance -- Conclusion: prophetic remembrance--race, religion, and the literary.
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