Memory and myth : (Record no. 16904)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9789042029262 |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9789042025769 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.1163/9789042029262 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)427322368 |
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| Classification number | PR9320.05 |
| Item number | .D37 2009 |
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| Subject category code | LIT004120 |
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| Classification number | 820 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Darroch, Fiona |
| Fuller form of name | (Fiona Jane) |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Memory and myth : |
| Remainder of title | postcolonial religion in contemporary Guyanese fiction and poetry / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Fiona Darroch. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Postcolonial religion in contemporary Guyanese fiction and poetry |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Amsterdam ; |
| -- | New York, NY : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Rodopi, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2009. |
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| Extent | 1 online resource (xxxii, 202 pages) |
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| Series statement | Cross/cultures, |
| International Standard Serial Number | 0924-1426 ; |
| Volume/sequential designation | 103 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preliminary Material -- 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’s1 Web: The Poetry of John Agard, Grace Nichols, and Others -- Sacred Migrations in Indo-Guyanese Fiction and Poetry: The Work of David Dabydeen -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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| Terms governing access | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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 histories of colonial contact, migration, slavery, and the re-forging of identities in the wake of these histories is illuminated by the classificatory term ‘religion’. Aspects of postcolonial theory and Religious Studies theory are combined to provide fresh insights into the literature, thereby expanding the field of postcolonial literary criticism. The way in which writers ‘remember’ history through writing is central to the way in which ‘religion’ is theorized and articulated; the act of remembrance can be persuasively interpreted in terms of ‘religion’. The title ‘Memory and Myth’ therefore refers to both the syncretic mythology of Guyana, and the key themes in a new critical understanding of ‘religion’. Particular attention is devoted to Wilson Harris’s novel Jonestown , alongside theoretical and historical material on the actual Jonestown tragedy; to the mesmerizing effect of the Anancy tales on contemporary writers, particularly the poet John Agard; and to the work of the Indo-Guyanese writer David Dabydeen and his elusive character Manu. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Guyanese literature |
| General subdivision | History and criticism. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Religion in literature. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Guyanese literature. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Religion in literature. |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Title | Memory and Myth: Postcolonial Religion in Contemporary Guyanese Fiction and Poetry |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Leiden, Boston : Brill | Rodopi, 2009, |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789042025769 |
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| Uniform title | Cross/Cultures |
| Volume/sequential designation | 103. |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004357945. |
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| Public note | DOI: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789042029262">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789042029262</a> |
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