Trauma and survival in contemporary fiction

Trauma and survival in contemporary fiction / Laurie Vickroy.

Author/creator	Vickroy, Laurie, 1954-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2002.
Description	xvi, 266 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Duras, Marguerite--Knowledge --Psychology. American fiction--Women authors --History and criticism. Women and literature--West Indies --History --20th century. Women and literature--United States --History --20th century. Psychological fiction--History and criticism. African American women in literature. West Indian Americans in literature. Psychic trauma in literature. Abused women in literature.

Contents	Representing trauma : issues, contexts, narrative tools -- Subjugation, nurturance, and legacies of trauma -- The traumatized child as outcast in Duras and Morrison -- "A Loved Version of Your Life" : healing and the provisional self -- Remembering history through the body.
Summary	Trauma is a compelling and evocative topic in the contemporary world and as reflected in its literature. In unravelling trauma's effects, the texts studied in this volume reveal the intricacies of power and the relationship between society's demands and the individual's psychological well-being.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-255) and index.
LCCN	2002005398
ISBN	0813921279 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780813921273 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0813921287 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780813921280 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS374.P7 V53 2002	✔ Available	Place Hold