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Ancestral Trauma

Ancestral Trauma is a theoretical construct denoting the intergenerational transmission of psychological and somatic suffering resulting from historical racial violence and systemic oppression, specifically as it is mediated through cultural memory and represented in the aesthetics and narratives of African American horror film.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Redressing First Nations historical trauma: Theorizing mechanisms for indigenous culture as mental health treatment

Joseph P. Gone · Transcultural Psychiatry · 2013 · 504 citations

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Patterns of Trauma among the Neandertals

Thomas D. Berger, Erik Trinkaus · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1995 · 240 citations

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The Trans/Historicity of Trauma in Jeannette Armstrong’s Slash and Sherman Alexie’s Indian Killer

Nancy Van Styvendale · Studies in the novel · 2008 · 50 citations

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An Integrated Historical Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth Framework: a Cross-Cultural Exploration

Anna Ortega‐Williams, Ramona Beltrán, Katie Schultz et al. · Journal of Trauma & Dissociation · 2021 · 46 citations

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Conceptualizing healing through the African American experience of historical trauma.

Zuleka Henderson, Tricia Stephens, Anna Ortega‐Williams et al. · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry · 2021 · 38 citations

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Authors

31

  1. TD
    Tina Deschenie

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  2. JP
    Joseph P. Gone

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 520 citations

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  3. AO
    Anna Ortega‐Williams

    Hunter College, United States

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  4. QL
    Quenette L. Walton

    University of Houston, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  5. ZH
    Zuleka Henderson

    Columbia University, United States

    2 publications · 84 citations

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Institutions

19

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    582 citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  3. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  4. Hunter College

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    122 citations

  5. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  6. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  7. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    480 citations

  8. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

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  2. Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies

    LACES · 1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

    1 publications · 46 citations

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  4. South African Journal of Psychology

    SAJP · 1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Australasian Psychiatry

    1 publications · 11 citations

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