Trauma of colonial condition : in nervous conditions and kiss of the fur queen / Milena Bubenechik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bubenechik, Milena, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Germany.

Nervous system--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study depicts the traumatic condition of the formerly colonised indigenous people of Africa and Canada. The postcolonial trauma novels Tomson Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998) and Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions (1988) are first-hand accounts of colonial experience under the governance of the British Empire of the second half of the twentieth century. The semi-autobiographical novels bring up the voices of the formerly silenced natives and are pioneering accounts of the native perception of Western intrusion. The narratives portray the upsetting experiences of the era of colo

Contents:

The Trauma of Colonial Condition; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.2 Trauma Studies, Identity and Literature; 1.3 The Approach to Trauma in the Novels; 2. Nervous Conditions; 2.1 Colonialism and Patriarchy; 2.2 Identity and Hybridity; 2.3 Trauma and Resistance; 3. Kiss of the Fur Queen; 3.1 The Question of Identity; 3.2 Trauma, Mythology and Communication; 3.3 Resistance, Healing and Reconstruction; 4. Conclusion; Works Cited; List of Abbreviations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 16, 2014).

ISBN:

3-95489-587-0

OCLC:

871779593