Religious discourse in postcolonial studies : magical realism in Hombres de maíz and Bandarshah

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    • Alfaisal, Haifa Saud

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Religious discourse in postcolonial studies : magical realism in Hombres de maíz and Bandarshah

Haifa Saud Alfaisal

Edwin Mellen Press, c2006

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index

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Description

This study explores the topic of religious discourse from within the context of postcolonial studies. It uniquely analyzes two novels from two very different contexts, Guatemala and Sudan, to prove there is a profoundly problematic area within the "ethical purchase" of postcolonial studies. It relates this problem to the "magical realism" labels that is applied to various postcolonial fiction.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Postcolonialism and Indigenism
  • 2. The Writers
  • 3. Hombres de maiz: A Twentieth-Century Popol Vuh
  • 4. Indian Resistance in Guatemala
  • 5. Bandarshah: Salih's Memory Rite
  • 6. Sufism in Sudan
  • 7. Disarming Religious Ideology
  • 8. Religious Discourse in Postcolonial Studies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: The Sufi Paradigm
  • Appendix 2: Factoring in Islam
  • Appendix 3: Islamism and Tariqa-Way
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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