De-silencing the Past: Postmemory and Reparative Writing in Selected Works by African-American Women Writers

Marianne Hirsch’s concept of postmemory implies a connection with the past that is indirect, mediated by the imagination and desire, transmitted to descendants or generations that have no memory of the traumatic event, but it can also entail a possible yearning to reconnect with the historical past...

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Main Author: Orquídea Moreira Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres (APEM) 2023-06-01
Series:Ex Aequo: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres
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