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University of Virginia Press© 2009 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2009 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Griffiths, Jennifer L., 1968– Traumatic possessions : the body and memory in African American women’s writing and performance / Jennifer L. Griffiths. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8139-2883-8 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-2884-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-2895-1 (e-book) 1. American literature—African American authors—History and criticism. 2. American literature—Women authors—History and criticism. 3. Psychic trauma in literature. 4. Human body in literature. 5. Memory in literature. 6. African American women in literature. I. Title. PS153.N5G75 2010 810.9'9287'08996—dc22 2009023626 A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. ...

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