viii CONTENTS 3: Critical readings ‘Metafiction, Magical Realism and Myth’ by Heather Johnson ‘Performance, Identity and the Body’ by Sarah Sceats ‘Postmodernism’ by Jeannette Baxter ‘Popular Culture, Carnival and Clowns’ by Helen Stoddart 4: Further reading and web resources Index 67 69 82 95 108 123 133