Paper Tracings in the Spectacularly Boisterous Archive of Slavery

Paper Tracings in the Spectacularly Boisterous Archive of SlaveryEverybody knew what she was called, but nobody anywhere knew her name.Disremembered and unaccounted for, she cannot be lost because no one is looking for her, and even if they were, how can they call her if they don't know her name.Although she has claim, she is not claimed . . .It was not a story to pass on.Toni Morrison, Beloved . . .not all silences are equal and . . .they cannot be addressed-or redressed-in the same manner.To put it differently, any historical narrative is a particular bundle of silences, the result of a unique process, and the operation required to deconstruct these silences will vary accordingly.