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1 online resource (257 pages). |
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Cross/Cultures
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Cross/cultures.
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| Contents |
Diasporic Marvellous Realism: History, Identity, and Memory in Caribbean Fiction; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: Reconceptual Izing Realismo Mágico and Lo Real MaravillosoAmericano into Diasporic Marvellous Realism; 1: Realismo mágico vs. Lo real maravilloso americano; 2: The Need for a New Term: Diasporic Marvellous Realism; 3: A First Approach to Diasporic Marvellous Realism; PART II: Diasporic Marvellous Realism and History; 4: Rethinking Historical Epistemology; 5: An Overview of Diasporic Marvellous Realism and History in Literature. |
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6: The Rational-Speculative View: Supernatural Beings and the Middle Passage in Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's ArmsPART III: Diasporic Marvellous Realism and Identity; 7: The Dilemma of Framing Caribbean Diasporic Identity; 8: An Overview of Diasporic MarvellousRealism and Identity in Literature; 9: Arcane Disruption of Nature and Its Imaginary:The Land-Spirits of Cyril Dabydeen's Dark Swirl; PART IV: Diasporic Marvellous Realism and Memory; 10: Remembering the Caribbean from the Diaspora; 11: An Overview of Diasporic MarvellousRealism and Memory in Literature. |
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12: Repressed Trauma Cannot Escape Memory'sHauntings: David Chariandy's SoucouyantFinal Remarks on Diasporic Marvellous Realism; Works Cited; Index. |
| Summary |
Diasporic Marvellous Realism urges a deeper dialogue between postcolonial and Latin American literary theory in order to analyse the influence that the latter has exerted on the former and thus to indicate the constant feedback between these two traditions. |
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English fiction -- Caribbean authors -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
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Authors, Caribbean. |
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Supernatural in literature.
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Supernatural in literature. |
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Immigrants' writings, English -- History and criticism.
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Immigrants' writings, English. |
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Legends in literature.
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Legends in literature. |
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Myth in literature.
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Myth in literature. |
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Marvelous, The, in literature.
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Marvelous, The, in literature. |
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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20th century |
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English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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1900-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Alonso, María Alonso. Diasporic Marvellous Realism : History, Identity, and Memory in Caribbean Fiction. Leiden : BRILL, ©2015 9789004301085 |
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9004302395 |
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9789004302396 (electronic book) |
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