181929, i think culture is the key here Posted by imcvspl, Fri Mar-20-15 03:26 PM
magical realism sort of a signifier of that. from a judeo christian perspective, everything outside of miracles allowed in those canons is fantasy which is 'not real'. but once you get outside of those cultures as one of them was talking about, the reality of spirit and power of that is a very real thing. that's what magical realism as a term is trying to capture. this isn't just imaginary fantasy but magic rooted in real human history. (or maybe i'm being to broad with that). that literally doesn't happen from a western perspective. and i think subtly the resistance and dismissal of that is indicative of the insecurity of that judeo-christian realist perspective.
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