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020			_a9789042029262 _q(electronic book)
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024	7		_a10.1163/9789042029262 _2DOI
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100	1		_aDarroch, Fiona _q(Fiona Jane)
245	1	0	_aMemory and myth : _bpostcolonial religion in contemporary Guyanese fiction and poetry / _cFiona Darroch.
246	3	0	_aPostcolonial religion in contemporary Guyanese fiction and poetry
264		1	_aAmsterdam ; _aNew York, NY : _bRodopi, _c2009.
300			_a1 online resource (xxxii, 202 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCross/cultures, _x0924-1426 ; _v103
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary 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.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aThis 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	_aGuyanese literature _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aReligion in literature.
650		7	_aGuyanese literature. _2fast
650		7	_aReligion in literature. _2fast
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tMemory and Myth: Postcolonial Religion in Contemporary Guyanese Fiction and Poetry _dLeiden, Boston : Brill | Rodopi, 2009, _z9789042025769
830		0	_aCross/Cultures _v103.
830		0	_aLiterature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004357945.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789042029262
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