Postcolonial Witnessing: Trauma Out of Bounds

Craps, Stef

Postcolonial Witnessing argues that the suffering engendered by colonialism needs to be acknowledged more fully, on its own terms, in its own terms, and in relation to traumatic First World histories if trauma theory is to have any hope of redeeming its promise of cross-cultural ethical engagement.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-11-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230230071

DOI: 10.1057/9781137292117

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 181