Haiti’s “Painful Truths”: A Postcolonialised Reading of Trauma in Roxane Gay’s An Untamed State

Drawing on a postcolonialised approach to the traditional trauma paradigm, this paper analyses Roxane Gay’s novel An Untamed State as a trauma narrative which does not solely revolve around the Haitian American protagonist’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ensuing her abduction and violation in Port...

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Main Author: Laura Roldán-Sevillano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Valladolid 2022-11-01
Series:ES Review
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Online Access:https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/esreview/article/view/6867