Janelle Rodriques

Narratives of Obeah in West Indian Literature

Moving through the Margins

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores representations of Obeah-a name used in the English/Creole-speaking Caribbean to describe various African-derived, syncretic Caribbean religious practices-across a range of prose fictions published in the twentieth century by West Indian authors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9781138585812
• ISBN-10: 1138585815
• Artikelnr.: 56875101

Autorenporträt

Janelle Rodriques is an assistant professor in the English Department of Auburn University, Alabama.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Obeah as cultural signifier 1. "Too much row an' contention
is in this yard:" Contemplating Cacophony in Minty Alley and Black Fauns
2. "Part of the narrative of modern art yet not central enough to be
considered constitutive:" "Primitive Modern" in Banana Bottom and Wide
Sargasso Sea 3. "It is the reader who constructs a story:" Obeah and
Cultural Identity in the Mid-century West Indian Short Story 4. Obeahmen as
Heroes, in "a zone of direct contact with developing reality" 5. "The peace
of those she must touch and who must touch her:" Obeah as Healing in Erna
Brodber's Myal Conclusion. Hearing Obeah