LEADER 00000cam a2200649Ka 4500 001 ocn667090462 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041620.4 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 100929s2009 ne ob 001 0 eng d 019 451685349|a607989368|a649903289|a712988587|a728679691 |a744552367|a764536092 020 9781441625434|q(electronic book) 020 1441625437|q(electronic book) 020 |z904202576X|q(hardbound) 020 |z9789042025769|q(hardbound) 035 (OCoLC)667090462|z(OCoLC)451685349|z(OCoLC)607989368 |z(OCoLC)649903289|z(OCoLC)712988587|z(OCoLC)728679691 |z(OCoLC)744552367|z(OCoLC)764536092 037 250512|bMIL 040 IDEBK|beng|epn|cIDEBK|dN$T|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dEBLCP|dCDX|dOCLCQ |dMERUC|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCL|dYDXCP|dMHW |dCN3GA|dOCLCQ 043 s-gy--- 049 RIDW 050 4 PR9320.05|b.D37 2009 072 7 PR|2lcco 072 7 LIT|x004120|2bisacsh 082 04 820 090 PR9320.05|b.D37 2009 100 1 Darroch, Fiona|q(Fiona Jane)|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/no2010119200 245 10 Memory and myth :|bpostcolonial religion in contemporary Guyanese fiction and poetry /|cFiona Darroch. 246 30 Postcolonial religion in contemporary Guyanese fiction and poetry 264 1 Amsterdam ;|aNew York, NY :|bRodopi,|c2009. 300 1 online resource (xxxii, 202 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Cross/cultures,|x0924-1426 ;|v103 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index. 505 0 Shifting the boundaries : a postcolonial interrogation of the category 'religion' -- Developing a hermeneutic for the combined study of religion and postcolonial literature -- Religion and remembrance : Wilson Harris's Jonestown as an act of anamnesis -- Caught in Anancy's web : the poetry of John Agard, Grace Nichols, and others -- Sacred migrations in Indo-Guyanese fiction and poetry : the work of David Dabydeen. 520 This book investigates the problematical historical location of the term 'religion' and examines how this location has affected the analytical reading of postcolonial fiction and poetry. The adoption of the term 'religion' outside of a Western Enlightenment and Christian context should therefore be treated with caution. Within postcolonial literary criticism, there has been either a silencing of the category as a result of this caution or an uncritical and essentializing adoption of the term 'religion'. It is argued in the present study that a vital aspect of how writers articulate their histo. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 Geschichte 1820-2009|2swd 650 0 Guyanese literature|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85058031|xHistory and criticism.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001187 650 0 Religion in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85112593 650 7 Guyanese literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 949545 650 7 Religion in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/1732559 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 776 08 |iPrint version:|aDarroch, Fiona (Fiona Jane).|tMemory and myth.|dAmsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009 |z9789042025769|w(OCoLC)427322368 830 0 Cross/cultures ;|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n90714752|v103. 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=281490|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160616|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID