Mental Illness as Cultural Narrative
Dementia, Im/migrant Experience and InterAmerican Entanglements in David Chariandy’s Soucouyant
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12977147 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Wilfried Raussert (0000-0003-1809-6795, Bielefeld University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2023 |
| Volumen | 14 |
| Número | 2 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2023-11-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Transnational American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1940-0764 • E-ISSN: 1940-0764 |
| Editorial | California Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5070/t814262479 |
| OpenAlex | W4388373170 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 13 |
The article discusses David Chariandy’s novel Soucouyant (2007) in the context of critical disability studies and hemispheric American studies. In particular, it explores dementia as a cultural narrative that links the protagonist’s personal case of dementia to her traumatic experiences of US violence, abuse, and exploitation in the Caribbean, her forced migration in Trinidad, and unfulfilled hopes of integration into Canadian society after having immigrated in the context of Canadian labor and immigration programs in the early 1960s. The article explores the various levels of meaning dementia unfolds in Chariandy’s novel as critical reflection on memory work, racism, and colonial as well as neocolonial exploitation. It also relates the narrative structure of the novel to recent geriatric life-telling therapy used to restore individual dignity and identity to people suffering from dementia
Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Dementia · Dignity · Identity (music · Immigration · Literature · Meaning (existential · Narrative · Political science · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Gender Studies · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Short Stories in Global Literature · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
Routes
The Routledge Handbook to the Culture and Media of the Americas
Writing History, Writing Trauma
Toward a Dialogics of International American Culture Studies
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
Impossible Subjects
Globalization or denationalization
Narrative and identity in Alzheimer's disease
Searching for Safe Spaces
Writing history, writing trauma
Crossroads of Cultures
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |