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Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) Book

n this book, Ron Eyerman explores the formation of the African-American identity through t he 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. He offers insights into the intellectual and generational conflicts of identity-formation which have a truly universal significance, as well as providing a new and compelling account of the birth of African-American identity.Read More

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    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.

  • 0521004373
  • 9780521004374
  • Ron Eyerman
  • 13 December 2001
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 316
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