Memory and Myth
ross Readings in the Post / Colonial
C ultures Literatures in English
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Series Editors
Gordon Collier †Hena Maes–Jelinek Geoffrey Davis
(Giessen) (Liège) (Aachen)
Memory and Myth
Postcolonial Religion
in Contemporary Guyanese Fiction and Poetry
Fiona Darroch
Amsterdam - New York, NY 2009
I dedicate this work to my parents,
Kath and Alan Darroch.
Without you, this would not have been possible.
Cover design: Gordon Collier & Pier Post
Cover painting: Aubrey Williams, Codex II, 1986 (oil on canvas,
120cm x 178cm). The October Gallery, London.
© Aubrey Williams. All rights reserved, DACS 2009.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction ix
1 Shifting the Boundaries:
A Postcolonial Interrogation of the Category ‘Religion’ 1
2 Developing a Hermeneutic for bined
Study of Religion and Postcolonial Literature 19
3 Religion and Remembrance:
Wilson Harris’s Jonestown as an Act of Anamnesis 51
4 Caught in Anancy’s Web:
The Poetry of John Agard, Grace Nichols, and Others 95
5 Sacred Migrations in Indo-Guyanese Fiction and Poetry:
The Work of David Dabydeen 137
Conclusion 177
Works Cited 183
Index 195
Acknowledgements
I wish to acknowledge with many thanks the guidance, support, and
friendship of Prof Angela Smith and Dr Jeremy Carrette at the University
of Stirling. I would also like to thank Dr Mary Keller for her inspiration in
the initial stages of this project. The Department of Religious Studies at
Stirling (2001–2005), Dr Alison Jasper, Dr Andrew Hass, Dr Tim Fitz-
gerald and Prof Gavin Flood, have offered guidance and support through-
out; it has been a joy t
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