Moments of Magical Realism in US Ethnic Literatures

1. Introduction
Lyn Iorio Sandín, Richard Perez

Part I. Traumatic Inheritances

2. Trauma, Magic, and Genealogy
Lyn Iorio Sandín

3. Jewish Post-Holocaust Fiction and the Magical Realist Turn
Caroline Rody

4. Flying to Save Her Life
Ibis Gómez-Vega

Part II. Sensory Irruptions, Magical Sensibilities

5. Flashes of Transgression
Richard Perez

6. Searching for Rhythm and Freedom
Angela J. Francis

7. Of Magical Gourds and Secret Senses
Begoña Simal-González

Part III. Prophetic Practices, Mythic Knowledges

8. We, the Shamans, Eat Tobacco and Sing
Wendy Faris

9. Mythic Realism, Dreams, and Prophecy in James Welch’s The Heartsong of Charging Elk
Lori Burlingame

10. Blood Re(a)d
Allison E. Brown

Part IV. Antinomies

11. Lifting “the Weight of the Continent”
Shannin Schroeder

12. Mama Day
Donald J. Reilly

13. Latinos and Magic Realism
Román Campa

Avainsanat: Literature, North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Literary History