Moments of Magical Realism in US Ethnic Literatures [electronic resource] /
Iorio Sandín, Lyn Di.editor.
Perez, Richard.editor.
A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories.
First published 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Traumatic inheritances : the psychic life of magic -- pt. II. Sensory irruptions, magical sensibilities -- pt. III. Prophetic practices, mythic knowledges -- pt. IV. Antinomies : magic, memory, and space.
A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories.
America-Literatures.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature   .
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Literature-History and criticism.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Literary History.