What would it mean to read postcolonial writings under the prism of trauma? Ogaga Ifowodo tackles these questions through a psycho-social examination of the lingering impact of imperialist domination, resulting in a refreshing complement to the cultural-materialist studies that dominate the field.

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"Ogaga Ifowodo's book is boldly ambitious in coverage and outstanding in theoretical and scholarly density. There is no question about it: this is a major contribution to African diaspora postcolonial literary and cultural studies." - Tejumola Olaniyan, Louise Durham Mead Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

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Ogaga Ifowodo is an assistant professor of English at Texas State University

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Book Title: History, Trauma, and Healing in Postcolonial Narratives
Book Subtitle: Reconstructing Identities
Authors: Ogaga Ifowodo
Series Title: Future of Minority Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137337986
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-36733-4Published: 21 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47445-5Published: 21 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-33798-6Published: 18 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2945-7696
Series E-ISSN: 2945-770X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 219
Topics: Sociology, general, Psychoanalysis, Personality and Social Psychology, Anthropology, Literature, general, Imperialism and Colonialism

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

Into “the Zone of Occult Instability”

Identity or Death!

Experience as the Best Teacher

“Till the Wound and the Word Fit”

Conclusion

Back Matter

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