Haunting Legacies: Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma
Passionate, committed, and hard-hitting on every page,Haunting Legaciesdraws on an exceptional range of theoretical models and literary texts to reveal the traumatic traces of violence written into the cultural fabric of the present day. Rigorous in its analysis but never indifferent to the real suffering permeating the objects of its investigation,Haunting Legaciesmarries righteous indignation with a poetic reflection on Gabriele Schwab's own history growing up in West Germany in the immediate aftermath of her country's genocidal madness.(Stuart Taberner, Leeds Humanities Research Institute)Haunting Legaciesoffers a brilliant, fresh, and stimulating approach to the study of trauma. Drawing on personal experiences as well as a wide array historical and theoretical sources, Gabriele Schwab addresses genocide, slavery, and colonial violence as they haunt individuals and cultures long after the horrific event. Her work considerably expands on the most recent advances in psychoanalytic and postcolonial theory and is sure to be discussed across disciplines for many years to come.(Amir Eshel, Stanford University)While arguably controversial in academic practice, the inclusion of personal material here serves not only as illumination of the psychoanalytic and trauma theories the book engages with but, perhaps more importantly, as enactment of facing up to and working through a haunting legacy.(Reina Van Der WielEuropean Legacy1900-01-00)Haunting Legaciesis a thought-provoking study of the transmission of trauma that will become a classic in the field.(Nicholas ChareYears Work in Critical and Cultural Studies (Trauma and Testimony)1900-01-00)Both an innovative intervention and a powerful work of scholarship(Graeme PedlinghamYears Work in Critical and Cultural Studies (Psychoanalysis)1900-01-00)Schwab's work is a model of comparative investigation...Haunting Legaciesis a deeply personal book. But it's richer for it...(Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature1900-01-00)