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