The Trauma of Colonial Condition.
"This study depicts the traumatic condition of the formerly colonised Indigenous people of Africa and Canada. The postcolonial trauma novels Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998) and Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions (1988) are first-hand accounts of colonial experience...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hamburg :
Diplomica Verlag,
2014.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9783954895878 3954895870 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The Trauma of Colonial Condition; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.2 Trauma Studies, Identity and Literature; 1.3 The Approach to Trauma in the Novels; 2. Nervous Conditions; 2.1 Colonialism and Patriarchy; 2.2 Identity and Hybridity; 2.3 Trauma and Resistance; 3. Kiss of the Fur Queen; 3.1 The Question of Identity; 3.2 Trauma, Mythology and Communication; 3.3 Resistance, Healing and Reconstruction; 4. Conclusion; Works Cited; List of Abbreviations