Insidious Trauma in Eastern African Literatures and Cultures (Routledge Studies in African Literature)

Synopsis

This book investigates the thematic and conceptual dimensions of insidious trauma in contemporary eastern African literatures and cultural productions.The book extends our understanding of trauma beyond people’s immediate and conventional experiences of disastrous events and incidents, instead considering how trauma is sustained in the aftermaths, continuing to impact livelihoods, and familial, social, and gender relationships. Drawing on different circumstances and experiences across and between the eastern African region, the book explores how emerging cultural practices involve varying modes of narrating, representing, and thematising insidious trauma. In doing so, the book considers different forms and practices of cultural production, including fashion, social media, film, and literature, in order to uncover how human subjects and cultural artefacts circulate through modalities of social, cultural and political ecologies.Transdisciplinary in scope and showcasing the work of experts from across the region, this book will be an important guide for researchers across literature, media studies, sociology, and trauma studies.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781040086735

Related ISBNs:

9781032718552, 9781032718460, 9781040086698

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

07/14/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Norman Saadi Nikro, Denish Odanga, James Odhiambo Ogone, Oduor Obura and Obala Musumba

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Norman Saadi Nikro

Edited by:

Denish Odanga

Edited by:

James Odhiambo Ogone

Edited by:

Oduor Obura

Edited by:

Obala Musumba