Why read Haunting Legacies?

Book cover of Haunting Legacies: Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma

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From mass murder to genocide, slavery to colonial suppression, acts of atrocity have lives that extend far beyond the horrific moment. They engender trauma that echoes for generations, in the experiences of those on both sides of the act. Gabriele Schwab reads these legacies in a number of narratives, primarily…

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1 author picked Haunting Legacies as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Arlene Voski Avakian

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This book is hard to read, but its rewards are great.

I was literally shaking when reading it because it described my life as a child of survivors and victims of the Armenian genocide in a way that I had not experienced before, illuminating new aspects of the genocide story I have been excavating for most of my adult life.

Focusing on mass murder, colonialism, South African Apartheid, and U.S. slavery and white supremacy, Schwab addresses the trauma of the generation experiencing these atrocities as well as the way it is passed through to their progeny.

She also explores the…

From Arlene's list on The best books about social consciousness in historical contexts: gender, race/whiteness, class, sexuality.