The Future Life of Trauma: Partitions, Borders, Repetition

Jennifer Yusin

Published by Fordham University Press 2017

The Future Life of Trauma

Partitions, Borders, Repetition

Jennifer Yusin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823275489

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The Future Life of Trauma discusses the intersections between psychoanalysis and postcolonial studies in the concept of trauma. It examines the character of the traumatic event as it occurs in the Freudian metapsychology, the 1947 Partition of British India, and the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

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Yusin Jennifer :

Jennifer Yusin is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University.Jennifer Yusin is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Prologue: The Place of a Thousand Hills Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: The Interface of Trauma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Problem of Trauma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. The Eventality of Trauma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Whither Partition? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
4. Rwanda Transforming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
After Word Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 216
Keywords: Trauma; Postcolonial; Psychoanalysis; Partition; Rwanda; India; Pakistan; Memory

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Published: June 1, 2017
ISBN: 9780823275489