RT Book,_Section
T1 Caribbean Diasporic Marvelous Realism
A1 Alonso Alonso, María
A2 Bowers, Katherine
A2 Vaysman, Margarita
K1 Marvelous realism
K1 Magical realism
K1 Caribbean diaspora
K1 Postcolonial theory
K1 Supernatural
AB This chapter analyzes the “marvelous realism” found in contemporary Caribbean literature written in English by diasporic authors. It applies postcolonial theory to selected novels by writers including David Chariandy, Nalo Hopkinson, Cyril Dabydeen, and Kei Miller. These works accentuate how authors of Caribbean origin normalize the more fantastic elements of their cultures by utilizing influences and imagery while resident in Western lands. The Caribbean diaspora encompasses an amalgam of geographic, historical, social, and cultural issues, which showcase the impact of transterritorialization and hybridity in contemporary literature. The featured novels illustrate this evolution from “magical” to “marvelous” realism in first- and second-generation Caribbean diasporic writing. These novels contemplate the myths and legends that have emanated from their respective authors’ cultures of origin and highlight the social, political, and cultural ramifications of their westernized depictions of the supernatural.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 9780197610671
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44869
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44869
LA eng
NO Alonso Alonso, María, 'Caribbean Diasporic Marvelous Realism' (2024), in Katherine Bowers, and Margarita Vaysman (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, Oxford Handbooks (2025; online edn, Oxford Academic, 22 May 2024 - 20 Feb. 2025), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197610640.013.8
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026