Narrativity and the Problematics of 'Authenticity' in Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein
Postcolonial historical fictions, set in turbulent times, grapple with the question of 'authenticity' in their fictional representations of events and individuals of the past. Trinidadian novelist Kevin Jared Hosein's Hungry Ghosts (2023), set in the estate barracks and surrounding mi...
Saved in:
| Published in | Current writing Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 82 - 93 |
|---|---|
| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Routledge
02.01.2024
|
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
| Abstract | Postcolonial historical fictions, set in turbulent times, grapple with the question of 'authenticity' in their fictional representations of events and individuals of the past. Trinidadian novelist Kevin Jared Hosein's Hungry Ghosts (2023), set in the estate barracks and surrounding milieu of 1940s Trinidad, is no exception. The paper argues for a nuanced understanding of the term 'authenticity' in our reading of historical fictions, and explores Hosein's use of the formal, imaginative and affective dimensions of narration in negotiating representational adequacy and strengthening the significant thematic concerns in the text. Through textual analysis, the paper explores how Hosein situates his text firmly within the spatio-temporal reality of the period and captures the struggles of 'becoming' confronting a population whose lives are coloured by historical trauma and continuing spatial hierarchy. |
|---|---|
| AbstractList | Postcolonial historical fictions, set in turbulent times, grapple with the question of 'authenticity' in their fictional representations of events and individuals of the past. Trinidadian novelist Kevin Jared Hosein's Hungry Ghosts (2023), set in the estate barracks and surrounding milieu of 1940s Trinidad, is no exception. The paper argues for a nuanced understanding of the term 'authenticity' in our reading of historical fictions, and explores Hosein's use of the formal, imaginative and affective dimensions of narration in negotiating representational adequacy and strengthening the significant thematic concerns in the text. Through textual analysis, the paper explores how Hosein situates his text firmly within the spatio-temporal reality of the period and captures the struggles of 'becoming' confronting a population whose lives are coloured by historical trauma and continuing spatial hierarchy. |
| Author | Ramesh, Gopika L J, Sharon |
| Author_xml | – sequence: 1 givenname: Gopika L orcidid: 0009-0006-7480-4839 surname: Ramesh fullname: Ramesh, Gopika L – sequence: 2 givenname: Sharon orcidid: 0009-0005-9882-5063 surname: J fullname: J, Sharon |
| BookMark | eNp9kE9LAzEQxYMo2FY_gpBbT1uTTfZPbpairVrUg4Kewmw2sSvbRJJtZb-9WVqvModhHr_3GN4YnVpnNUJXlMwoKck1JZSJVLzPUpLyWcrSrCjyEzRKaSYSQRk5RaOBSQboHI1D-CIky3JGRujjCbyHrtk3XY_B1rjbaPziXdXqbZRVwM7g6XwXZRvPSE1xY_FqZz99j5cbF7qAqx4_6n2UH8DrGq9c0I29QGcG2qAvj3uC3u5uXxerZP28vF_M14miZdklvIb4iNJQMm5EXuo4lDNNhABQFQeqU57rnBggIle8oAVopSsRobLggk1QdshV3oXgtZHfvtmC7yUlcuhH_vUjh37ksZ_ouzn4Gmuc38KP820tO-hb540Hq5og2f8Rv-8MbwI |
| Cites_doi | 10.1353/wal.1978.0113 10.4324/9780203466025 10.1353/wal.1980.0070 10.2979/globalsouth.10.1.03 10.1080/13642529.2020.1727189 10.1017/CBO9780511902628.004 10.2307/1988492 |
| ContentType | Journal Article |
| Copyright | 2024 The Editorial Board, Current Writing 2024 |
| Copyright_xml | – notice: 2024 The Editorial Board, Current Writing 2024 |
| DBID | AAYXX CITATION |
| DOI | 10.1080/1013929X.2024.2325776 |
| DatabaseName | CrossRef |
| DatabaseTitle | CrossRef |
| DatabaseTitleList | |
| DeliveryMethod | fulltext_linktorsrc |
| Discipline | Languages & Literatures |
| EISSN | 2159-9130 |
| EndPage | 93 |
| ExternalDocumentID | 10_1080_1013929X_2024_2325776 2325776 |
| Genre | Articles |
| GroupedDBID | -ET .7I .QK 0BK 29F 4.4 5GY AAGZJ AAMFJ AAMIU AAPUL AAZMC ABCCR ABCCY ABFIM ABJNI ABLIJ ABPEM ABTAI ABXYU ACGFO ACGFS ACTIO ACTOA ADAHI ADCVX ADKVQ AECIN AEGYZ AEISY AEKEX AEOZL AEPSL AEYOC AEZRU AGDLA AGMYJ AGRBW AHDZW AIJEM AKBVH ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS ALQZU AVBZW AWYRJ BEJHT BLEHA BMOTO BOHLJ CCCUG DGFLZ DKSSO EBS E~B E~C G-F GTTXZ H13 HF~ HZ~ IPNFZ J.O KYCEM LJTGL M4Z NA5 NV0 O9- P2P RIG RNANH ROSJB RSYQP S-F STATR TBQAZ TDBHL TEA TFH TFL TFW TNTFI TRJHH TUROJ UT5 UT9 ~01 ~S~ AAYXX ABXUL ACLSK AFWLO CITATION |
| ID | FETCH-LOGICAL-c188t-4da630cea834f968e8e8143e099aacb4a1e246e60fa096c4717aeceb914387493 |
| ISSN | 1013-929X |
| IngestDate | Fri Aug 23 05:00:22 EDT 2024 Sat Oct 19 04:25:43 EDT 2024 |
| IsPeerReviewed | true |
| IsScholarly | true |
| Issue | 1 |
| Language | English |
| LinkModel | OpenURL |
| MergedId | FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c188t-4da630cea834f968e8e8143e099aacb4a1e246e60fa096c4717aeceb914387493 |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-9882-5063 0009-0006-7480-4839 |
| PageCount | 12 |
| ParticipantIDs | crossref_primary_10_1080_1013929X_2024_2325776 informaworld_taylorfrancis_310_1080_1013929X_2024_2325776 |
| PublicationCentury | 2000 |
| PublicationDate | 01/02/2024 2024-01-02 |
| PublicationDateYYYYMMDD | 2024-01-02 |
| PublicationDate_xml | – month: 01 year: 2024 text: 01/02/2024 day: 02 |
| PublicationDecade | 2020 |
| PublicationTitle | Current writing |
| PublicationYear | 2024 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publisher_xml | – name: Routledge |
| References | Lazarus Neil. (e_1_3_3_15_1) 2011 Haraway Donna J. (e_1_3_3_4_1) 2008 Lausberg Heinrich. (e_1_3_3_14_1) 1973 Mendes Alfred H (e_1_3_3_18_1) 2002 e_1_3_3_17_1 Hosein Kevin J. (e_1_3_3_7_1) 2023 Williams Eric. (e_1_3_3_28_1) 1964 e_1_3_3_16_1 Palmer Annette. (e_1_3_3_19_1) 1983; 47 e_1_3_3_10_1 Putnam Jackson K. (e_1_3_3_22_1) 1980; 15 Stocker Bryony. (e_1_3_3_25_1) 2012; 9 Westbrook Max. (e_1_3_3_27_1) 1978; 13 James C L R. (e_1_3_3_11_1) 1999 e_1_3_3_6_1 e_1_3_3_9_1 e_1_3_3_8_1 Kumar Mukesh. (e_1_3_3_13_1) 2000; 61 e_1_3_3_24_1 Kondapi C. (e_1_3_3_12_1) 1951 e_1_3_3_26_1 e_1_3_3_3_1 e_1_3_3_21_1 e_1_3_3_2_1 e_1_3_3_20_1 e_1_3_3_5_1 e_1_3_3_23_1 |
| References_xml | – ident: e_1_3_3_5_1 – ident: e_1_3_3_2_1 – volume: 13 start-page: 213 issue: 3 year: 1978 ident: e_1_3_3_27_1 article-title: The Authentic Western publication-title: Western American Literature doi: 10.1353/wal.1978.0113 contributor: fullname: Westbrook Max. – ident: e_1_3_3_8_1 – ident: e_1_3_3_10_1 doi: 10.4324/9780203466025 – volume: 15 start-page: 17 issue: 1 year: 1980 ident: e_1_3_3_22_1 article-title: Historical Fact and Literary Truth: The Problem of Authenticity in Western American Literature publication-title: Western American Literature doi: 10.1353/wal.1980.0070 contributor: fullname: Putnam Jackson K. – volume-title: Hungry Ghosts year: 2023 ident: e_1_3_3_7_1 contributor: fullname: Hosein Kevin J. – volume-title: Handbuch der Literarischen Rhetorik. Eine Grundlegung der Literaturwissenschaft year: 1973 ident: e_1_3_3_14_1 contributor: fullname: Lausberg Heinrich. – ident: e_1_3_3_21_1 – volume-title: The Autobiography of Alfred H Mendes 1897-1991 year: 2002 ident: e_1_3_3_18_1 contributor: fullname: Mendes Alfred H – volume-title: History of the People of Trinidad & Tobago year: 1964 ident: e_1_3_3_28_1 contributor: fullname: Williams Eric. – ident: e_1_3_3_16_1 – ident: e_1_3_3_23_1 doi: 10.2979/globalsouth.10.1.03 – ident: e_1_3_3_26_1 – volume: 9 start-page: 308 issue: 3 year: 2012 ident: e_1_3_3_25_1 article-title: Bygonese” – Is This Really the Authentic Language of Historical Fiction? publication-title: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing contributor: fullname: Stocker Bryony. – start-page: 35 volume-title: The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories year: 1999 ident: e_1_3_3_11_1 contributor: fullname: James C L R. – volume-title: When Species Meet year: 2008 ident: e_1_3_3_4_1 contributor: fullname: Haraway Donna J. – ident: e_1_3_3_9_1 – ident: e_1_3_3_24_1 doi: 10.1080/13642529.2020.1727189 – ident: e_1_3_3_20_1 – ident: e_1_3_3_6_1 – volume: 61 start-page: 1149 year: 2000 ident: e_1_3_3_13_1 article-title: The Philosophy of Indian-Black Relationship in the Caribbean: A Historical Analysis publication-title: Proceedings of the Indian History Congress contributor: fullname: Kumar Mukesh. – start-page: 114 volume-title: The Postcolonial Unconscious year: 2011 ident: e_1_3_3_15_1 doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511902628.004 contributor: fullname: Lazarus Neil. – ident: e_1_3_3_17_1 – ident: e_1_3_3_3_1 – volume-title: Indians Overseas: 1838-1949 year: 1951 ident: e_1_3_3_12_1 contributor: fullname: Kondapi C. – volume: 47 start-page: 59 issue: 2 year: 1983 ident: e_1_3_3_19_1 article-title: The Politics of Race and War: Black American Soldiers in the Caribbean Theater During the Second World War publication-title: Military Affairs doi: 10.2307/1988492 contributor: fullname: Palmer Annette. |
| SSID | ssj0055630 |
| Score | 2.298863 |
| Snippet | Postcolonial historical fictions, set in turbulent times, grapple with the question of 'authenticity' in their fictional representations of events and... |
| SourceID | crossref informaworld |
| SourceType | Aggregation Database Publisher |
| StartPage | 82 |
| SubjectTerms | authenticity historical fiction Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein narration postcolonial literature |
| Title | Narrativity and the Problematics of 'Authenticity' in Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein |
| URI | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1013929X.2024.2325776 |
| Volume | 36 |
| hasFullText | 1 |
| inHoldings | 1 |
| isFullTextHit | |
| isPrint | |
| link | http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwpV3db9MwELdK98IL4psxQH4A9lClNIkbx09o4mNRGRMPmxi8RLZ71gZaOiWZ0PjrOX-kS2BCfKhSVLl1nfp-8Z3Pd78j5KnKlpleChYZ1A8R41xECkweAYJ5aUCaTNkE5_f7WXHIFkfzo9HoZS9q6bxVU_39yrySf5EqtqFcbZbsX0h2_aPYgO9RvnhFCeP1j2S8L-u6K__QRUJ-8BVipKNfRkvwWcKtG8wGBWlXAYBbF0eBz3h9Mdm1OR6NNUHfoYKsJgsXjl6sGgiE3F-G3KTfLAVS0HXucOgUGueX2V2dnXyVk7UneeG8qseyDlIPfoWEOb_C5S50GJDkF0dbCUL40reoO1wbWgzCnt7P-iuqpzQZIMcvj77OUFC0vjLiL0u4j3m0Y9mhpvbWpmj2zTn_iTLbKeHwyTWykXAxn4_Jxk7x-vPHThk7-jN34B1uvUviymcvrhxiYJ4MyGt7ZsfBTXIj7Bfojhf-LTKC6ja5vxe8zA19TvfWxNjNHfKpBwmKkKAoedqHBF0Zut0HxDY9qaiHA_VwoOqCOjhQBwfq4XCXHL59c_CqiEL1jEjHed5GbCnxv2uQecqMyHLAFxrHgFsCKbViMoaEZZDNjMRtrEYjhUvQoAR-KedMpPfIuFpV8IBQgc-wQkvPxAAMIJZKp6kWSiaJNNhjk0y7SSvPPElKGQfu2W6WSzvLZZjlTSL6U1u2zjtlfCmZMv1t34f_0XeLXL-E-iMybutzeIxGZaueBOD8ALGuc6Y |
| link.rule.ids | 315,786,790,27955,27956,60004,60793 |
| linkProvider | Library Specific Holdings |
| linkToHtml | http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwpV1LT8MwDLZgHODC-_3KAbFTJ9qGtD0ixCh7CaFNGqcqyRwJIXVoLQf49Th9oA0JLqiHHlr34bjxF9f-DHChxEToScQdQ_7B4UEQOQpN6CAZ88SgNELZAuf-QMQj3hlfj-dqYWxapV1Dm5Ioopir7cdtg9F1ShztXevWx7S883iLMMF1EIhlWBEWoTRgZfjUieN6Pi4YsIp_nq7vWKm6jue3Cy14qAX-0jnP094AXT9zmXDy2nrPVUt__qBz_N9LbcJ6BUzZTWlJW7CE6Tbs96pwZsYuWe-bgTnbgeeBnM2q1hOMbsoISLLHsjuNJYHN2NSwpg3A2XQkTWc12UvKYppbZh_s3taWZEx9sC455pR1bBo8i6cZvqS7MGrfDW9jp2rT4Gg3DHOHTyRpWKMMfW4iESJthMKQsKeUWnHposcFiisjab2kyRsGEjWqyHZeD3jk70EjnaZ4ACwiY1EEKYyLyBFdqbTv60hJz5OGJA6hVQ9N8laycSRuRXJa6y-x-ksq_R1CND-ASV6EQUzZsyTx_5Q9-ofsOazGw34v6T0MusewZg8VcRvvBBr57B1PCcnk6qwy1S87M-jb |
| linkToPdf | http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwpV1LS8NAEB60BfHi-_3ag-gpxSTbTXIUtcZai4iCnsLuZhaKkJYmHuqvdzYPUUEvkkMOyeQxO9n5ZjL7DcCxEqnQacQdQ_7B4UEQOQpN6CAZc2pQGqHsAue7oYifeP-521QT5nVZpY2hTUUUUc7V9uOepKapiKO9a736M0V3Hu8QJOgGgZiHtrBkby1oPz7047iZjksCrPKXp-s7VqpZxvPbhb45qG_0pV8cT28ZVPPIVb3Ja-etUB39_oPN8V_vtAJLNSxl55UdrcIcZmuwNaiTmTk7YYNP_uV8HV6GcjqtG08wuicjGMnuq940lgI2Z2PDTm36zRYjaTrrlI0yFtPMMp2xa7uyJGdqxm7JLWesb4vgWTzOcZRtwFPv6vEiduomDY52w7BweCpJwRpl6HMTiRBpIwyGhDyl1IpLFz0uUJwZSdGSJl8YSNSoItt3PeCRvwmtbJzhNrCITEURoDAuIkd0pdK-ryMlPU8aktiBTjMyyaTi4kjcmuK00V9i9ZfU-tuB6Ov4JUWZBDFVx5LE_1N29x-yR7Bwf9lLBjfD2z1YtEfKpI23D61i-oYHBGMKdVgb6ge3Auea |
| openUrl | ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Narrativity+and+the+Problematics+of+%27Authenticity%27+in+Hungry+Ghosts+by+Kevin+Jared+Hosein&rft.jtitle=Current+writing&rft.au=Ramesh%2C+Gopika+L&rft.au=J%2C+Sharon&rft.date=2024-01-02&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.issn=1013-929X&rft.eissn=2159-9130&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=82&rft.epage=93&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F1013929X.2024.2325776&rft.externalDocID=2325776 |
| thumbnail_l | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=1013-929X&client=summon |
| thumbnail_m | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=1013-929X&client=summon |
| thumbnail_s | http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=1013-929X&client=summon |