History Literature And The Writing Of The Canadian Prairies

Author : Alison Calder,Robert Wardhaugh
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887553240

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History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies by Alison Calder,Robert Wardhaugh Pdf

The Canadian Prairie has long been represented as a timeless and unchanging location, defined by settlement and landscape. Now, a new generation of writers and historians challenge that perception and argue, instead, that it is a region with an evolving culture and history. This collection of ten essays explores a more contemporary prairie identity, and reconfigures "the prairie" as a construct that is non-linear and diverse, responding to the impact of geographical, historical, and political currents. These writers explore the connections between document and imagination, between history and culture, and between geography and time.The subjects of the essays range widely: the non-linear structure of Carol Shield's The Stone Diaries; the impact of Aberhart's Social Credit, Marshall McLuhan, and Mesopotamian myth on Robert Kroetsch's prairie postmodernism; the role of document in long prairie poems; the connection between cultural tourism and heritage; the theme of regeneration in Margaret Laurence's Manawaka writing; the influence of imagination on geography in Thomas Wharton's Icefields; and the effects on an alpine climber of pre-WWII ideological concepts of time and individualism.

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802066488

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The Canadian Prairies by Gerald Friesen Pdf

A history of the Canadian prairie provinces from the days of Native-European contact to the 1980s.

Author : David Carpenter
Publisher : Coteau Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781550505153

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The Literary History of Saskatchewan by David Carpenter Pdf

Essays about the literary history of Saskatchewan.

Author : R. Douglas Francis,Howard Palmer
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 088864227X

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The Prairie West: Historical Readings by R. Douglas Francis,Howard Palmer Pdf

This collection of 35 readings on Canadian prairie history includes overview interpretation and current research on topics such as the fur trade, native peoples, ethnic groups, status of women, urban and rural society, the Great Depression and literature and art.

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887553622

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River Road by Gerald Friesen Pdf

The prairies are a focal point for momentous events in Canadian history, a place where two visions of Canada have often clashed: Louis Riel, the Manitoba School Question, French language rights, the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, and the dramatic collapse of the Meech Lake Accord when MLA Elijah Harper voted “No.”Gerald Friesen believes that it is the responsibility of the historian to “tell local stories in terms and concepts that make plain their intrinsic value and worth, that explain the relationship between the past and the present.” For local experiences to have any relevant meaning, they must be put into the context of the wider world.These essays were written for the general reader and the academic historian. They include previously published works (many of them revised and updated) from a wide variety of sources, and new pieces written specifically for River Road, examining aspects of prairie and Manitoba history from many different perspectives. They offer portraits of representatives from different sides of the prairie experience, such as Bob Russell, radical socialist and leader of the 1919 General Strike, and J.H. Riddell, conservative Methodist minister who represented “sane and safe” stewardship in the 1920s and 1930s. They explore the changing relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the “dominant” society, from the prosperous Metis community that flourished along the Red River in the 19th century (and produced Manitoba’s first Metis premier) to the events that led to the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in the 1980s.Other essays consider new viewpoints of the prairie past, using the perspectives of ethnic and cultural history, women’s history, regional history, and labour history to raise questions of interpretation and context. The time frame considered is equally wide-ranging, from the Aboriginal and Red River society to the political arena of current constitutional debates.

Author : Robert Wardhaugh
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780887553882

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Toward Defining the Prairies by Robert Wardhaugh Pdf

New ways of thinking about literature and history have radically changed how we think about or even "define" a region like the Prairie West. In fact, the very concept of "defining" has come into question by new theoretical approaches and it may now seem a hopeless endeavour. But the process of defining can be just as important as the actual production of a definition.Toward Defining the Prairies highlights recent approaches to thinking about the Prairie West. Bounded by pieces from well-known historian Gerald Friesen and Governor-General's Award-winning writer Robert Kroetsch, these 13 essays are as diverse as the region itself. In their examination of different aspects of Prairie history, literature, climate, society, culture, and identity, they help to provide a new understanding of this place and of the complexities of its definition.

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0835737772

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The Canadian Prairies by Gerald Friesen Pdf

Author : Valerie J. Korinek
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802095312

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Prairie Fairies by Valerie J. Korinek Pdf

Prairie Fairies draws upon a wealth of oral, archival, and cultural histories to recover the experiences of queer urban and rural people in the prairies. Focusing on five major urban centres, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton, and Calgary, Prairie Fairies explores the regional experiences and activism of queer men and women by looking at the community centres, newsletters, magazines, and organizations that they created from 1930 to 1985.? Challenging the preconceived narratives of queer history, Valerie J. Korinek argues that the LGBTTQ community has a long history in the prairie west, and that its history, previously marginalized or omitted, deserves attention. Korinek pays tribute to the prairie activists and actors who were responsible for creating spaces for socializing, politicizing, and organizing this community, both in cities and rural areas. Far from the stereotype of the isolated, insular Canadian prairies of small towns and farming communities populated by faithful farm families, Prairie Fairies historicizes the transformation of prairie cities, and ultimately the region itself, into a predominantly urban and diverse place.

Author : Gerald Friesen,University of Toronto Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0802048676

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Canadian Prairies by Gerald Friesen,University of Toronto Press Pdf

Author : Deborah Keahey
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780887550607

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Making it Home by Deborah Keahey Pdf

Traditional approaches to Prairie literature have focussed on the significance of "the land" in attempts to make a place into a home. The emphasis on the importance of landscape as a defining feature ignores the important roles played by other influences brought to the land such as history, culture, gender, ethnicity, religion, community, family, and occupation. Deborah Keahey considers over 70 years of Canadian Prairie literature, including poetry, autobiography, drama, and fiction. The 17 writers range from the well-established, like Martha Ostenso and Robert Kroetsch, to newer writers, like Ian Ross and Kelly Rebar. Through their works, she asks whether the Prairies are a physical or a political creation, whether "home" is made by what you bring with you, or what you find when you arrive, and she incorporates the influences and effects far beyond landscape to understand what guides the "home-making" process of both the writers and their creations. Her study acknowledges that "home" is a complicated concept, and making a place into a home place is a complicated process. Informed by current linguistic, feminist, postcolonial, and cultural theory, Keahey explores these concepts in depth and redefines our understanding of place, home, and the relationship between them.

Author : Karina Vernon
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781771123754

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The Black Prairie Archives by Karina Vernon Pdf

The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology recovers a new regional archive of “black prairie” literature, and includes writing that ranges from work by nineteenth-century black fur traders and pioneers, all of it published here for the first time, to contemporary writing of the twenty-first century. This anthology establishes a new black prairie literary tradition and transforms inherited understandings of what prairie literature looks and sounds like. It collects varied and unique work by writers who were both conscious and unconscious of themselves as black writers or as “prairie” people. Their letters, recipes, oral literature, autobiographies, rap, and poetry- provide vivid glimpses into the reality of their lived experiences and give meaning to them. The book includes introductory notes for each writer in non-specialist language, and notes to assist readers in their engagement with the literature. This archive and its supporting text offer new scholarly and pedagogical possibilities by expanding the nation’s and the region’s archives. They enrich our understanding of black Canada by bringing to light the prairies' black histories, cultures, and presences.

Author : Sandra Leigh Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1552380963

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Looking Back by Sandra Leigh Matthews Pdf

When we think about women settlers on the Prairies, our notions tend to veer between the nostalgic image of the 'cheerful helpmate' and the grim deprivation of the 'reluctant immigrant'. This title shows how a critical approach to the life-writing of individual prairie women can broaden and deepen our understanding of the settlement era.

Author : Merle Massie
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887554544

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Forest Prairie Edge by Merle Massie Pdf

Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily-understood ‘regions’ has reduced the Saskatchewan identity to its southern prairie denominator and has distorted cultural and historical interpretations to favor the prairie south. Forest Prairie Edge is a deep-time investigation of the edge land, or ecotone, between the open prairies and boreal forest region of Saskatchewan. Ecotones are transitions from one landscape to another, where social, economic, and cultural practices of different landscapes are blended. Using place history and edge theory, Massie considers the role and importance of the edge ecotone in building a diverse social and economic past that contradicts traditional “prairie” narratives around settlement, economic development, and culture. She offers a refreshing new perspective that overturns long-held assumptions of the prairies and the Canadian west.

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Prairie Provinces
ISBN : 0802083862

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Canadian Prairies by Gerald Friesen Pdf

Author : R. Douglas Francis
Publisher : Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034359823

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Images of the West by R. Douglas Francis Pdf