Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity

(Part of the Cambridge Cultural Social Studies Series)

by Ron Eyerman

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In this book, Ron Eyerman explores the formation of the African-American identity through the theory of cultural trauma. The trauma in question is slavery, not as an institution or as personal experience, but as collective memory: a pervasive remembrance that grounded a people's sense of itself. Combining a broad narrative sweep with more detailed studies of important events and individuals, Eyerman reaches from Emancipation through the Harlem Renaissance,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521004373

ISBN13:9780521004374

Release Date:January 2002

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:316 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

African-American & Black African-American Studies Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Ethnic & National Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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