TY - BOOK ID - 85723788 TI - Creating memory and cultural identity in African American trauma fiction PY - 2019 SN - 9004364102 9004364099 9789004364103 9789004364097 PB - Leiden Boston DB - UniCat KW - African Americans in literature. KW - American literature KW - African American literature (English) KW - Black literature (American) KW - Negro literature KW - Afro-Americans in literature KW - Negroes in literature KW - African American authors. KW - Afro-American authors KW - Negro authors UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85723788 AB - How do contemporary African American authors relate trauma, memory, and the recovery of the past with the processes of cultural and identity formation in African American communities? Patricia San José analyses a variety of novels by authors like Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, and David Bradley and explores these works as valuable instruments for the disclosure, giving voice, and public recognition of African American collective and historical trauma. ER -