This book is a collection of essays covering diverse perspectives within the study of trauma and memory. In its compartmentalisation into four sections, the book diligently analyses the literary representations of trauma and memory in the micro and macro levels of cultural contexts. Analysis of these representations can illuminate societal attitudes toward trauma, memory, and healing, as well as shed light on larger issues such as war, violence, oppression, and injustice, and help the readers gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of human emotions, reactions, and coping mechanisms. The ethical questions discussed in the book also engage with the notions of authenticity, and responsibility, prompting the readers with a sense of validation and solidarity.

Delves into an interdependent dialogue between trauma and memory Offers a holistic understanding of the influence of trauma and memory on individual and collective levels Provides inclusiveness with diverse voices that ensure a broad range of perspectives and insights

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Neha Soman is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences at NIT Rourkela, India where she specializes in Modern Israeli Literature with an emphasis on human geography, trauma, and collective memory. She earned M.Phil. in Jewish fiction and Ph.D. in Modern Israeli Literature from Bharathiar University, India. She was a doctoral fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research from 2019 to 2022. Her other research interests include Literary Historiography and Holocaust Studies.

B. Padmanabhan is Assistant Professor of English in the Department of English and Foreign Languages at Bharathiar University, India. He is specialized in cognitive approaches to literature, post-colonial studies, ethnic, and race studies with eleven years of pedagogical and research experience. He is the coordinator of the Centre for Electronic Archives and Industry Support housed in the Department of English. He has published over 40 research papers and is an editorial board member of several peer-reviewed national and international journals. Kaniphnath Malhari Kudale is a scholar and educator in the field of English Studies. He earned Ph.D. from the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. Currently, he holds the position of Associate Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus, Hyderabad, India. He also serves as Assistant Editor of the International Journal of English Studies and is involved in the academic endeavors of organizations like the International Ecolinguistics Society.

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Introduction: by Trang Phan (Vietnam National University Hanoi), Nguyen Tuan Cuong (Associate Professor, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences) & Masaaki Shimizu (Professor, Osaka University).- Etymological study of Vietnamese words for textiles and clothing by Mark Alves (Montgomery College).- The rise of negative markers: the case of Sino-Vietnamese 'không' and beyond by Trang Phan (Vietnam National University Hanoi), Nguyen Tuan Cuong (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences) & Masaaki Shimizu (Osaka University).- On the development of particle 'chung' as a merger of object pronomial and relative pronomial functions: Evidence from the Cô Châu Pháp Vân Pht ban hành ng luc by John Phan (Columbia University).- Initial Consonants Comparison of Tay and Nung in Trang Dinh district from the diachronic perspective by Hirana Ayaka (Osaka University).- Reflections ofVoiced Initials in Tay Manuscripts from Cao Bang Province by David Holm (National Chengchi University).- Possibility modals in Chinese and the morpho-syntax of their complements: a view from First Phase Syntax by Barbara Meisterernst (National Tsing Hua University).- The multifunctionality of gwo in Cantonese: A synchronic and diachronic study by Carine Yuk-man Yiu (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology).- Deriving Syntactic Variation of Old Chinese and Contemporary Chinese from the Bidirectional Growth Model of Child Language Acquisition by Mengmeng Yang and Jianhua Hu (Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences).- Proto-Austronesian Interrogative Pronouns and Their Development by Edith Aldridge (Academia Sinica, Taiwan).- Why do you give/put something when you say you take it? by Yoshihisa Taguchi (Chiba University).