ABSTRACT
The genealogical roots of intersectionality are connected to African American feminism and its writers’ need to express cumulative oppressive practices hidden at the intersections of identity categories. The Lost Child draws a parallel between Monica and the slave mother that illustrates the ways in which the traumatic fragmentation of identity is often framed by the ur-trauma of slavery and colonialism in Caribbean writing. Trauma narratives have the possibility not only to render intersectional wounds graspable but also to envision healing storytelling and multidirectional places for memories. This chapter suggests that intersectional healing narratives create historical and discursive spaces not only for their characters but also for their readers. It suggests that intersectional trauma theory addresses implicated subjects, often negotiating between some privileges and some oppressions. Intersectionality becomes a decolonizing tool for trauma studies as it considers the particularity of each traumatic experience.
