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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
LCC
RC552.P67 B764 2008
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2574974 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Edition
1
Pages
316\313
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

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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