Originary Violations

Paula Morgan is a former director of the Regional Coordinating Office of the Institute of Gender and Development Studies at The University of the West Indies Vice Chancellery at Mona. A distinguished scholar of Caribbean Literature and Culture, Professor Morgan's work spans gender, trauma and crime studies. She has published widely, served multiple academic leadership roles, and received awards for teaching, research and graduate supervision. Hannah Regis is an Assistant Professor of Caribbean Literature at Howard University. Her research interests include Caribbean literary and theoretical history and cultural memory. Dr Regis has published in leading Caribbean and postcolonial journals including Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, Caribbean Quarterly, The American Studies Journal (AMSJ), eTropic and The Journal of West Indian Literature. She is the author of A Caribbean Poetics of Spirit (The University of the West Indies Press, 2024).

Introduction 1 Collisions: Ancestral Cosmologies and Global Modernities in Johnson's Jacmelain Ruinscape and Miller's The Last Warner Woman 2 Black Countermapping: Brodber's and Brand's Re-conceptualizing of Loss, Belonging and Resistance 3 Servant Mothering, Memory Work and Empathy in Senior's "The Pain Tree" and Scott's "The Wedding Photograph" 4 Incest, Violation and Trauma in Caribbean Narratives 5 Baby Mama Talks: Motherhood in Childhood, Caribbean Style 6 "Killing Don't Need No Reason": Trauma and Criminality in A Brief History of Seven Killings 7 A Chorus of Resistance: Hurricane Narratives of Loss and Resilience 8 Harrisian Narratives of Environmental Degradations and Indigenous Healing 9 Whispers from the Roots: Reclaiming Nature Through Spirit in Caribbean Poetry Conclusion Appendix Notes References Index