Margaret Herrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 4818169 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Herrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Herrick |
| SIGNATURE | HERRICK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
New Ways of Thinking Recovery from Trauma in Arundhati Roy's the God of Small Things and Two other South Indian Narratives of Caste-based Atrocity
In this essay I argue that Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize winning novel, The God of Small Things, is deeply influenced by other southern Indian narratives of caste-based atrocity to be found in popular traditions as well as by South Asian rasa aesthetics, with its crucial concept of lila or play. By reading the novel alongside two examples of southern Indian caste atrocity narratives, and by highlighting its use of lila, I contribute some much need…
Katabasis and the politics of grief in Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost
In this article, I argue that while Anil’s forensic work in Sri Lanka can be read through the lens of detective fiction, it can also be read through a very different lens, namely that of katabasis, or descent into the underworld. Seeing herself as a detective, Anil attempts to enact a powerful fantasy of invulnerability that allows her to distance herself from both the victims and the perpetrators of the crimes she sees. The text itself, though, …
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Katabasis and the politics of grief in Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost
In this article, I argue that while Anil’s forensic work in Sri Lanka can be read through the lens of detective fiction, it can also be read through a very different lens, namely that of katabasis, or descent into the underworld. Seeing herself as a detective, Anil attempts to enact a powerful fantasy of invulnerability that allows her to distance herself from both the victims and the perpetrators of the crimes she sees. The text itself, though, …
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Katabasis and the politics of grief in Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost
In this article, I argue that while Anil’s forensic work in Sri Lanka can be read through the lens of detective fiction, it can also be read through a very different lens, namely that of katabasis, or descent into the underworld. Seeing herself as a detective, Anil attempts to enact a powerful fantasy of invulnerability that allows her to distance herself from both the victims and the perpetrators of the crimes she sees. The text itself, though, …
New Ways of Thinking Recovery from Trauma in Arundhati Roy's the God of Small Things and Two other South Indian Narratives of Caste-based Atrocity
In this essay I argue that Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize winning novel, The God of Small Things, is deeply influenced by other southern Indian narratives of caste-based atrocity to be found in popular traditions as well as by South Asian rasa aesthetics, with its crucial concept of lila or play. By reading the novel alongside two examples of southern Indian caste atrocity narratives, and by highlighting its use of lila, I contribute some much need…
Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)