Inclusive Memory: The Power of Collective Remembering in Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place
This essay considers how collective memory works to develop and sustain a group identity in Gloria Naylor's 1980 novel, The Women of Brewster Place. Using post-structural theorist Bronwyn Davies's collective biography project as a model through which to understand Naylor's work, it b...
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Language: | English |
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University of Western Australia
2013-06-01
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Series: | Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies |
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Online Access: | http://www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2570858/Inclusive-Memory-The-Power-of-Collective-Remembering-in-Gloria-Naylors-The-Women-of-Brewster-Place.pdf |