Madness in Black Womens Diasporic Fictions: Aesthetics of Resistance by Caroline

Description: Madness in Black Womens Diasporic Fictions by Caroline A. Brown, Johanna X.K. Garvey Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This collection chronicles the strategic uses of madness in works by black women fiction writers from Africa, the Caribbean, Canada, Europe, and the United States. Moving from an over-reliance on the "madwoman" as a romanticized figure constructed in opposition to the status quo, contributors to this volume examine how black women authors use madness, trauma, mental illness, and psychopathology as a refraction of cultural contradictions, psychosocial fissures, and political tensions of the larger social systems in which their diverse literary works are set through a cultural studies approach. The volume is constructed in three sections: Revisiting the Archive, Reinscribing Its Texts: Slavery and Madness as Historical Contestation, The Contradictions of Witnessing in Conflict Zones: Trauma and Testimony, and Novel Form, Mythic Space: Syncretic Rituals as Healing Balm. The novels under review re-envision the initial trauma of slavery and imperialism, bothacknowledging the impact of these events on diasporic populations and expanding the discourse beyond that framework. Through madness and healing as sites of psychic return, these novels become contemporary parables of cultural resistance. Author Biography Caroline A. Brown is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Montreal, Canada. She is author of The Black Female Body in American Literature and Art: Performing Identity (2012). Her articles have appeared in African American Review, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, National Womens Studies Association Journal, and several other journals and edited collections. Johanna X. K. Garvey is Associate Professor of English at Fairfield University, USA, where she was founding Co-Director of the Womens Studies Program and the Program in Black Studies: Africa and the Diaspora. She has published on Ann Petry, Michelle Cliff, Merle Collins, Paule Marshall, Dionne Brand, Shani Mootoo, Patricia Powell, Maryse Condé, and others, in Callaloo, The Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Literature, Textual Practice, Anthurium, and elsewhere. She is completing a book manuscript on Caribbean women writing diaspora. Details ISBN 3319863282 ISBN-13 9783319863283 Title Madness in Black Womens Diasporic Fictions Author Caroline A. Brown, Johanna X.K. Garvey Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 326 Publisher Springer International Publishing AG GE_Item_ID:143894141; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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