Women Writing Trauma in the Global South: A Study of Aminatta Forna, Isabel Allende and Anuradha Roy

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Annemarie Pabel

Women Writing Trauma in the Global South

A Study of Aminatta Forna, Isabel Allende and Anuradha Roy

Annemarie Pabel

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Literature: history & criticism; Social discrimination; Gender studies: women; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Social, group or collective psychology

Series: Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature

Through exploring complex suffering in the writings of Aminatta Forna, Isabel Allende and Anuradha Roy, Women Writing Trauma in the Global South dismantles conceptual shortcomings and problematic imbalances at the core of existing theorizations around psychological trauma. The global constellation of women writers from Sierra Leone, Chile and India facilitates a productive analysis of how the texts navigate intertwined experiences of individual and systemic trauma. The discussion departs from a recent critical turn in literary and cultural trauma studies and transgresses many interrelated boundaries of geocultural contexts, language and genre. Discovering the role of literary forms in reparative articulation and empathic witnessing, this critical intervention develops new ideas for an inclusive conceptual expansion of trauma from the global peripheries and contributes to the ongoing debate on marginalized suffering.

By: Annemarie Pabel
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9781032324692
ISBN 10: 1032324694
Series: Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Annemarie Pabel is an independent researcher with a PhD in English literature. Her research interests include trauma studies and women’s writing.