Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Subject "Trauma"
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Defragmenting Identity in the Life Narratives of Iraqi North American Women
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-02)This dissertation examines contemporary Iraqi North American women’s life narratives within the frame of postcolonial autobiography theory. Through narrating their experiences of oppression, war, and displacement these ... -
Trauma and Beyond: Ethical and Cultural Constructions of 9/11 in American Fiction
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-19)My dissertation focuses on a set of Anglo-American novels that deal with the events of 9/11. Identifying thematic and stylistic differences in the fiction on this topic, I distinguish between novels that represent directly ...