This book explores the formation of the African-American identity through the theory of cultural trauma. The trauma in question is slavery, not as an institution or as personal experience, but as collective memory--a pervasive remembrance that grounded a people's sense of itself. Ron Eyerman offers insights into the intellectual and generational conflicts of identity-formation which have a truly universal significance, and provides a new and compelling account of the birth of African-American identity.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780521004374
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 12-13-2001
Pages: 316
Product Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d
Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies (Paperback)
About the Author
Eyerman, Ron: - Ronald Eyerman is the holder of the Segerstedt Chair of Sociology, and a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University (1900-2000). His recent publications include Music and Social Movements (Cambridge, 1998).