Introduction 1I. Trauma Theory and Its Discontents: The Potentials of Pluralism 17II. The Role of Place in Remembering: Lan Cao’s
Monkey Bridge 63III. The Traumatized Protagonist and Mythic Landscapes: Leslie Marmon Silko’s
Ceremony 78IV. Wilderness, Loss, and Cultural Contexts in Edward Abbey’s
Black Sun 93V. Neocolonialism and Polluted Places in Robert Barclay’s
Melal 120Conclusion 146Notes 153Bibliography 164