"Literatura estadounidense Autoras negras s.20 Historia y critica." . . "Cuerpo humano en la literatura." . . "History and criticism." . . "Körper (Motiv)" . . "American literature Women authors History and criticism." . . "American literature African American authors." . . "American literature African American authors" . "Memoria en la literatura." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Griffiths (English, New York Institute of Technology, Manhattan) looks at how African American writers and playwrights have explored ruptures in memory after a traumatic experience and attempted to develop creative strategies for understanding the inscription of trauma on the body in a racialized cultural context. By examining several literary and performance texts, the author shows how the self is reconstituted through testimony--the putting into language and public statement the struggle of survivors to negotiate the limits placed on their bodies and speak controversial truths. By focusing on the relation of trauma to race and on the influence of racism on the creation and reception of narrative testimony, Griffiths' book distinguishes itself from other studies of the literatures of trauma. Annotation ♭2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)." . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Traumatic possessions the body and memory in African American women's writing and performance"@en . "Traumatic possessions the body and memory in African American women's writing and performance" . . . . . "Traumatic possessions : the body and memory in African American women's writing and performance" . . . . . "USA." . . "American literature African American authors History and criticism." . . "Littérature américaine Femmes écrivains." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM American General." . . "Human body in literature." . . "Human body in literature" . "Psychic trauma in literature." . . "Psychic trauma in literature" . "Schwarze." . . "Frauenliteratur." . . "Littérature américaine Auteurs noirs américains Histoire et critique." . . "Trauma (Motiv)" . . "Schwarze." . . "Geschichte 1975-1997." . . "Trauma in literature." . . "African American women in literature." . . "African American women in literature" . "American literature Women authors." . . "American literature Women authors" . . . "African American literature Women authors." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American" . . "Electronic books." . . "Memory in literature." . . "Memory in literature" . "Femmes écrivains noires américaines." . .