Traumatic possessions the body and memory in African American women's writing and performance - Griffiths, Jennifer L. (University of Virginia Press, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-129) 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
Keywords: Geschichte 1975-1997; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Psychic trauma in literature; Human body in literature; Memory in literature; African American women in literature; Trauma -- Motiv; Körper -- Motiv; Schwarze; Frauenliteratur; USA