ISBN 978-83-7405-278-8

140 pages

This studies makes a distinction between two types of magical realism – epistemological and ontological. The book draws parallels between masters of Latin American magical and famous contemporary Afro American writers: Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gloria Naylor and Randall Kenan to illustrate how magical realist devices such as subversion of Anglo-Saxon philosophical dogmas and canonical conventions, leads to reinventing of cultural identity.