Narratives of Obeah in West Indian Literature: Moving through the Margins

ISBN-13: 9780367786595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 240 str.

Janelle Rodriques

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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