Inger Pettersson
Biographic Data
| ID | 9199858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inger Pettersson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inger |
| FAMILY NAME | Pettersson |
| SIGNATURE | PETTERSSON I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Telling it to the Dead: Borderless Communication and Scars of Trauma in Cristina García's Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina García's novel Dreaming in Cuban (1992) is preoccupied with the three key stages in the title of this volume: “healing, working through, and/or staying in trauma”. This article contextualises the novel by referring to the life history of the character Lourdes Puente and the trauma of her exile and exodus from Cuba. A scar on her stomach inscribes a rape, a miscarriage and her failed attachment to her mother Celia. It is suggested that th…
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Telling it to the Dead: Borderless Communication and Scars of Trauma in Cristina García's Dreaming in Cuban
Cristina García's novel Dreaming in Cuban (1992) is preoccupied with the three key stages in the title of this volume: “healing, working through, and/or staying in trauma”. This article contextualises the novel by referring to the life history of the character Lourdes Puente and the trauma of her exile and exodus from Cuba. A scar on her stomach inscribes a rape, a miscarriage and her failed attachment to her mother Celia. It is suggested that th…
Art (1 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 works) · Cuban History and Society (1 works) · Garcia (1 works) · History (1 works) · Humanities (1 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Literature (1 works) · Psychoanalysis (1 works)