Postcolonial Narrative and the Work Of Mourning
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Pearls Books n Music, Cairns city, QLD, AustraliaPearls Books n Music
AbeBooks seller since February 27, 2026
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 14.95
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Sam Durrant's powerfully original book compares the ways in which the novels of J. M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison memorialize the traumatic histories of racial oppression that continue to haunt our postcolonialera. The works examined bear witness to the colonization of the New World, U.S. slavery, and South African apartheid,histories founded on a violent denial of the humanity of the other that had traumatic consequences for both perpetrators andvictims. Working at the borders of psychoanalysis and deconstruction, and drawing inspiration from recent work on theHolocaust, Durrant rethinks Freud's opposition between mourning and melancholia at the level of the collective andrearticulates the postcolonial project as an inconsolable labor of remembrance.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Postcolonial Narrative and the Work Of Mourning
- Author
- Sam Durrant
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Item weight
- 420 grams
Pearls Books n Music
Cairns city, QLD, Australia
AbeBooks seller since February 27, 2026
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Pearls Books N Music, opened by Rob Fadaely since 2019, is a welcoming haven for book and music lovers. Specializing in thoughtfully selected pre-loved books and timeless tunes, the shop invites customers to discover hidden gems, revisit old favourites, and keep great stories and songs in circulation. Our curated second-hand book and music shop specialises in out-of-print titles and Australian authors and musicians. The collection also includes local history, Indigenous culture and literature, art, Australian and Far North Queensland guides, music biographies, car manuals, sheet music, children’s and YA titles, as well as CDs, records, DVDs, and games. We’re happy to track down hard-to-find titles, and if an item isn’t in stock, we can special order it for in-store pickup at no extra cost — no shipping fees required. Our mission is to be a local haven for book lovers — a place where well-loved books find new homes, browsing is encouraged, and every visit feels like discovering a hidden gem. “You can never have too many books. You can, however, run out of floor space.” …
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