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Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity

By Ron Eyerman

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521004373, 9780521004374, 0521808286, 9780521808286, 9780511016028
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1134436 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Edition
1
Pages
316\314
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book 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. Ron Eyerman offers insights into the intellectual and generational conflicts of identity-formation which have a truly universal significance, and provides a new and compelling account of the birth of African-American identity.

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