Cultural Haunting: Ghosts and Ethnicity in Recent American Literature

Brogan (English, Wellesley College) studies the cultural hauntings in Tracks by Louise Erdrich, Beloved by Toni Morrison, and Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia. She argues that modern ghost stories offer a way for minority writers to come to terms with their lost cultural identities. The final chapter deals with ethnic mourning and memory. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.