Zadie Smith and Postcolonial Trauma: Decolonising Trauma, Decolonising Selves


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Using the frameworks of trauma and memory studies, this monograph analyses Zadie Smith's work to foreground postcolonial redefinitions of trauma that challenge universal methods of coping with suffering in global times.



Author: Beatriz Pérez Zapata
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/31/2023
Pages: 170
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9781032034638
ISBN10: 1032034637
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 21st Century
- Political Science | Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- Psychology | Mental Health

About the Author

Beatriz Pérez Zapata is Lecturer of English for Primary Education at the Valencian International University and Assistant Lecturer of English for Specific Purposes at Tecnocampus (Pompeu Frabra University). She obtained her PhD from the University of Zaragoza. She has published extensively on Smith's work in international journals. She has also published articles on the representation of shame and trauma of diasporic subjects, and postcolonial subjects and refugees in video games. Her research interests are trauma, black British writing, diasporic literature, and the representation of refugees in literature and media.

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