African American Literature, African American Studies, Trauma Studies, 19th Century American Literature

My current research interests revolve around the function of the gothic in representations of enslavement. The representations that I am interested in investigating vary from slave narratives, neo-slave narratives and speculative fictions, graphic novels films, television shows. Specifically I want to discuss the gothic's ability to evoke emotion, in what Aida Levy-Hussen names as therapeutic reading, and how this engagement allows for reconciliation with the dark and traumatic past of American slavery.