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Trauma theory and Nigerian civil war literature: speaking "something that was never in words" in Chris Abani's Song for Night

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dc.contributor.authorDalley, Hamish
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:29:25Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:23:19Z
dc.description.abstractThe application of trauma theory to postcolonial literature has provoked anxiety from critics concerned about its capacity to impose Eurocentric interpretations. This article evaluates the use of trauma as a paradigm for interpreting Nigerian civil war li
dc.identifier.issn1744-9855
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/74712
dc.publisherBrunner - Routledge (US)
dc.sourceJournal of Postcolonial Writing
dc.subjectKeywords: child-soldier narratives; Chris Abani; Nigerian literature; postcolonial literature; temporality; trauma
dc.titleTrauma theory and Nigerian civil war literature: speaking "something that was never in words" in Chris Abani's Song for Night
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage457
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage445
local.contributor.affiliationDalley, Hamish, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidDalley, Hamish, u4385783
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor200508 - Other Literatures in English
local.identifier.absseo950203 - Languages and Literature
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB4264
local.identifier.citationvolume49
local.identifier.doi10.1080/17449855.2013.804000
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84882885750
local.identifier.thomsonID000329070500007
local.type.statusPublished Version

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