Thinking Traumatic Histories

This Element investigates the challenges and possibilities of writing histories of trauma. It explores how the historiography of trauma intersects with matters of postcolonialism, historical subjectivity, and modernity. It is designed to illuminate the theoretical matters that histories of trauma touch upon, whether explicitly or implicitly.

This Element investigates the challenges and possibilities of writing histories of trauma. It explores how the historiography of trauma intersects with matters of postcolonialism, historical subjectivity, and modernity. It is designed to illuminate the theoretical matters that histories of trauma touch upon, whether explicitly or implicitly.