About the book
Sam Durrant's powerfully original book compares the ways in which the novels of J. M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison memorialize the traumatic histories of racial oppression that continue to haunt our postcolonial era. The works examined bear witness to the colonization of the New World, U.S. slavery, and South African apartheid, histories founded on a violent denial of the humanity of the other that had traumatic consequences for both perpetrators and victims. Working at the borders of psychoanalysis and deconstruction, and drawing inspiration from recent work on the Holocaust, Durrant rethinks Freud's opposition between mourning and melancholia at the level of the collective and rearticulates the postcolonial project as an inconsolable labor of remembrance.
Editions of Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791459454
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791459461
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791485750
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Sam Durrant's powerfully original book compares the ways in which the novels of J. M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison memorialize the traumatic histories of racial oppression that continue to haunt our postcolonial era. The works examined bear witness to the colonization of the New World, U.S. slavery, and South African apartheid, histories founded on a violent denial of the humanity of the other that had traumatic consequences for both perpetrators and victims. Working at the borders of psychoanalysis and deconstruction, and drawing inspiration from recent work on the Holocaust, Durrant rethinks Freud's opposition between mourning and melancholia at the level of the collective and rearticulates the postcolonial project as an inconsolable labor of remembrance.
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What is Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning about?
Sam Durrant's powerfully original book compares the ways in which the novels of J. M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison memorialize the traumatic histories of racial oppression that continue to haunt our postcolonial era. The works examined bear witness to the colonization of the New World, U.S. slavery, and South African apartheid, histories founded on a violent denial of the humanity of the other that had traumatic consequences for both perpetrators and victims. Working at the borders of psychoanalysis and deconstruction, and drawing inspiration from recent work on the Holocaust, Durrant rethinks Freud's opposition between mourning and melancholia at the level of the collective and rearticulates the postcolonial project as an inconsolable labor of remembrance.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary theory
Where can I read a sample of Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780791459454
How long is Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning and how many pages does it have?
Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning has 152 page(s)
Is Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning?
Sam Durrant
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791459454) and paperback(ISBN 9780791459461) and pdf(ISBN 9780791485750)
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