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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: J. Roger KurtzPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138205239ISBN 10: 1138205230 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 05 October 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Trauma Theory, Going Global Part I – Trauma and African Literature Chapter 1: Trauma, the Thorn in the Spirit Chapter 2: Conceptual Problems in Trauma Chapter 3: Traumatomimesis and the Moral Imagination Chapter 4: Trauma and the African Moral Imagination Part II – Case Studies Chapter 5: A State of Perpetual Emergency: Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat Chapter 6: Trauma Tropes in a Nigerian Context: Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus Chapter 7: The Trauma of Failure: The State and the Individual in Nuruddin Farah’s Crossbones BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationJ. Roger Kurtz is professor of English and head of the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University in Philadelphia PA. His research interests center on East African literatures and cultures, and he is the author Literature and Trauma (Cambridge University Press), Song of Nyarloka: The Writing of Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (Mvule Africa Publishers), and Urban Obsessions, Urban Fears: The Postcolonial Kenyan Novel (James Currey Press). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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