Overview

Diasporic Marvellous Realism highlights the interesting switch in perspective found in contemporary literary production where the supernatural is regarded from a diasporic perspective as marvellous rather than magical. The titular term is applied to the influence of transterritorialization on the works of first- and second generation immigrant writers when approaching and exploring the myths and legends of their culture of origin. The texts included in this analysis show that the employment of this literary philosophy and narrative technique in contemporary literature involves a fruitful refocusing of the rhetorical gaze regarding the importance of cultural heritage as vindicatory resistance to the lacunae of history and as celebratory re-enfranchisement of diasporic communities in host countries such as Canada and the UK.

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Author:   María Alonso Alonso
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   183
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9789004301085

ISBN 10:   9004301089
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   17 July 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: RECONCEPTUALIZING REALISMO MAGICO AND LO REAL MARAVILLOSO AMERICANO INTO DIASPORIC MARVELLOUS REALISM 1 Realismo magico 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 6 The Rational-Speculative View: Supernatural Beings and the Middle Passage in Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's Arms PART III: DIASPORIC MARVELLOUS REALISM AND IDENTITY 7 The Dilemma of Framing Caribbean Diasporic Identity 8 An Overview of Diasporic Marvellous Realism 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 Marvellous Realism and Memory in Literature 12 Repressed Trauma Cannot Escape Memory's Hauntings: David Chariandy's Soucouyant Final Remarks on Diasporic Marvellous Realism Works Cited Index

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In this book, Maria Alonso Alonso develops a fresh methodological approach to the works of immigrant and transnational writers, particularly those from the Caribbean. While this volume offers numerous insights into diaspora, identity, memory and trauma studies, Alonso's main contribution undoubtedly lies in her articulation of a non-Eurocentric world vision, indeed a literary philosophy as well as a narrative technique that she calls diasporic marvellous realism (16). - Jocelyn Martin, Recherche litteraire/ Literary Research of the International Comparative Literature Association, Vol. 32, Summer 2016).

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MARIA ALONSO ALONSO is a teaching fellow at the University of Vigo, Spain. Her research interests centre on both Latin American and postcolonial literatures. She is a bibliography contributor and a board member of the Journal of Commonwealth Literature.

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