The Spirit of Carnival : Magical Realism and the Grotesque [1 ed.] 9780813148946, 9780813119052

The world of literature responds to the "spirit of carnival" in ways that are both social and cultural, mythol

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The Spirit of Carnival : Magical Realism and the Grotesque [1 ed.]
9780813148946, 9780813119052

Experimental Fashion traces the proliferation of the grotesque and carnivalesque within contemporary fashion and the clo

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Drawing from a variety of contemporary literature―including such works as One Hundred Years of Solitude, Beloved, and Li

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Magical realism is often regarded as a regional trend, restricted to the Latin American writers who popularized it as a

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Iconoclastic in spirit, Magical Realism and the History of the Emotions in LatinAmerica is the first study of affect and

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Magical realism is often regarded as a regional trend, restricted to the Latin American writers who popularized it as a

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Climate and Crises: Magical Realism as Environmental Discourse makes a dual intervention in both world literature and ec

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In the last half of the 20th century, a consensus emerged that Christian theology in the Western tradition had failed to

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In the last half of the 20th century, a consensus emerged that Christian theology in the Western tradition had failed to

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