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Toward an animist reading of postcolonial trauma literature : reading beyond the single subject, Jay Rajiva
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- Summary
- This book uses the conceptual framework of animism, the belief in the spiritual qualities of nonhuman matter, to analyze representations of trauma in postcolonial fiction from Nigeria and India. Toward an Animist Reading of Postcolonial Trauma Literature initiates a conversation between contemporary trauma literatures of Nigeria and India on animism. As postcolonial nations move farther away from the event of decolonization in real time, the experience of trauma take place within and is generated by an increasingly precarious environment of resource scarcity, over-accelerated industrialization, and ecological crisis. These factors combine to create mixed environments marked by constantly changing interactions between human and nonhuman matter. Examining novels by authors such as Chinua Achebe, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nnedi Okorafor, and Arundhati Roy, the book considers how animist beliefs shape the aesthetic representation of trauma in postcolonial literature, paying special attention to complex metaphor and narrative structure. These literary texts challenge the conventional wisdom that working through trauma involves achieving physical and psychic integrity in a stable environment. Instead, a type of provisional but substantive healing emerges in an animist relationship between human trauma victims and nonhuman matter. In this context, animism becomes a pivotal way to reframe the process of working through trauma. Offering a rich framework for analyzing trauma in postcolonial literature, this book will be of interest to scholars of postcolonial literature, Nigerian literature and South Asian literature
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 147 pages).
- Note
- 1. Survival's Strange Shape 2. Witnessing at the Limit 3. Nonsentient Insurgence 4. Genres, Possessed
- Isbn
- 9780429023484
- Label
- Toward an animist reading of postcolonial trauma literature : reading beyond the single subject
- Title
- Toward an animist reading of postcolonial trauma literature
- Title remainder
- reading beyond the single subject
- Statement of responsibility
- Jay Rajiva
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book uses the conceptual framework of animism, the belief in the spiritual qualities of nonhuman matter, to analyze representations of trauma in postcolonial fiction from Nigeria and India. Toward an Animist Reading of Postcolonial Trauma Literature initiates a conversation between contemporary trauma literatures of Nigeria and India on animism. As postcolonial nations move farther away from the event of decolonization in real time, the experience of trauma take place within and is generated by an increasingly precarious environment of resource scarcity, over-accelerated industrialization, and ecological crisis. These factors combine to create mixed environments marked by constantly changing interactions between human and nonhuman matter. Examining novels by authors such as Chinua Achebe, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nnedi Okorafor, and Arundhati Roy, the book considers how animist beliefs shape the aesthetic representation of trauma in postcolonial literature, paying special attention to complex metaphor and narrative structure. These literary texts challenge the conventional wisdom that working through trauma involves achieving physical and psychic integrity in a stable environment. Instead, a type of provisional but substantive healing emerges in an animist relationship between human trauma victims and nonhuman matter. In this context, animism becomes a pivotal way to reframe the process of working through trauma. Offering a rich framework for analyzing trauma in postcolonial literature, this book will be of interest to scholars of postcolonial literature, Nigerian literature and South Asian literature
- Biographical or historical data
- Jay Rajiva is Assistant Professor of Global Anglophone Literature at Georgia State University, USA.
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rajiva, Jay
- Dewey number
- 809.3/9358
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN56.P555
- LC item number
- R35 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Postcolonialism in literature
- Psychic trauma in literature
- Animism in literature
- Nigerian fiction (English)
- Indic fiction (English)
- Label
- Toward an animist reading of postcolonial trauma literature : reading beyond the single subject, Jay Rajiva
- Note
- 1. Survival's Strange Shape 2. Witnessing at the Limit 3. Nonsentient Insurgence 4. Genres, Possessed
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- multicolored
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- on1173715849
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- 1 online resource (vii, 147 pages).
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- Isbn
- 9780429023484
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- (OCoLC)1173715849
- Label
- Toward an animist reading of postcolonial trauma literature : reading beyond the single subject, Jay Rajiva
- Note
- 1. Survival's Strange Shape 2. Witnessing at the Limit 3. Nonsentient Insurgence 4. Genres, Possessed
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1173715849
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 147 pages).
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780429023484
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 9780429657436
- 9780429023484
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- not applicable
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- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1173715849
Subject
- Nigerian fiction (English) -- History and criticism
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Psychic trauma in literature
- Animism in literature
- Indic fiction (English) -- History and criticism
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- Online access with purchase: Taylor & Francis (Knowledge Unlatched Routledge African Studies)
- Routledge contemporary Africa series
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