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Introduction to Indigenous Literary Criticism in Canada

Heather Macfarlane,Armand Garnet Ruffo
Introduction to Indigenous Literary Criticism in Canada Book PDF

Author : Heather Macfarlane,Armand Garnet Ruffo
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781554811830

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Introduction to Indigenous Literary Criticism in Canada by Heather Macfarlane,Armand Garnet Ruffo Pdf

Introduction to Indigenous Literary Criticism in Canada collects 26 seminal critical essays indispensable to our understanding of the rapidly growing field of Indigenous literatures. The texts gathered in this collection, selected after extensive consultation with experts in the field, trace the development of Indigenous literatures while highlighting major trends and themes, including appropriation, stereotyping, language, land, spirituality, orality, colonialism, residential schools, reconciliation, gender, resistance, and ethical scholarship.

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter

Daniel Heath Justice
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Author : Daniel Heath Justice
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781771121781

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Why Indigenous Literatures Matter by Daniel Heath Justice Pdf

Part survey of the field of Indigenous literary studies, part cultural history, and part literary polemic, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter asserts the vital significance of literary expression to the political, creative, and intellectual efforts of Indigenous peoples today. In considering the connections between literature and lived experience, this book contemplates four key questions at the heart of Indigenous kinship traditions: How do we learn to be human? How do we become good relatives? How do we become good ancestors? How do we learn to live together? Blending personal narrative and broader historical and cultural analysis with close readings of key creative and critical texts, Justice argues that Indigenous writers engage with these questions in part to challenge settler-colonial policies and practices that have targeted Indigenous connections to land, history, family, and self. More importantly, Indigenous writers imaginatively engage the many ways that communities and individuals have sought to nurture these relationships and project them into the future. This provocative volume challenges readers to critically consider and rethink their assumptions about Indigenous literature, history, and politics while never forgetting the emotional connections of our shared humanity and the power of story to effect personal and social change. Written with a generalist reader firmly in mind, but addressing issues of interest to specialists in the field, this book welcomes new audiences to Indigenous literary studies while offering more seasoned readers a renewed appreciation for these transformative literary traditions.

Learn, Teach, Challenge

Deanna Reder,Linda M. Morra
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Author : Deanna Reder,Linda M. Morra
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781771121873

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Learn, Teach, Challenge by Deanna Reder,Linda M. Morra Pdf

This is a collection of classic and newly commissioned essays about the study of Indigenous literatures in North America. The contributing scholars include some of the most venerable Indigenous theorists, among them Gerald Vizenor (Anishinaabe), Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan), Craig Womack (Creek), Kimberley Blaeser (Anishinaabe), Emma LaRocque (Métis), Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee), Janice Acoose (Saulteaux), and Jo-Ann Episkenew (Métis). Also included are settler scholars foundational to the field, including Helen Hoy, Margery Fee, and Renate Eigenbrod. Among the newer voices are both settler and Indigenous theorists such as Sam McKegney, Keavy Martin, and Niigaanwewidam Sinclair. The volume is organized into five subject areas: Position, the necessity of considering where you come from and who you are; Imagining Beyond Images and Myths, a history and critique of circulating images of Indigenousness; Debating Indigenous Literary Approaches; Contemporary Concerns, a consideration of relevant issues; and finally Classroom Considerations, pedagogical concerns particular to the field. Each section is introduced by an essay that orients the reader and provides ideological context. While anthologies of literary criticism have focused on specific issues related to this burgeoning field, this volume is the first to offer comprehensive perspectives on the subject.

Literatures, Communities, and Learning

Aubrey Jean Hanson
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Author : Aubrey Jean Hanson
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781771124515

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Literatures, Communities, and Learning by Aubrey Jean Hanson Pdf

Literatures, Communities, and Learning: Conversations with Indigenous Writers gathers nine conversations with Indigenous writers about the relationship between Indigenous literatures and learning, and how their writing relates to communities. Relevant, reflexive, and critical, these conversations explore the pressing topic of Indigenous writings and its importance to the well-being of Indigenous Peoples and to Canadian education. It offers readers a chance to listen to authors’ perspectives in their own words. This book presents conversations shared with nine Indigenous writers in what is now Canada: Tenille Campbell, Warren Cariou, Marilyn Dumont, Daniel Heath Justice, Lee Maracle, Sharron Proulx-Turner, David Alexander Robertson, Richard Van Camp, and Katherena Vermette. Influenced by generations of colonization, surrounded by discourses of Indigenization, reconciliation, appropriation, and representation, and swept up in the rapid growth of Indigenous publishing and Indigenous literary studies, these writers have thought a great deal about their work. Each conversation is a nuanced examination of one writer’s concerns, critiques, and craft. In their own ways, these writers are navigating the beautiful challenge of storying their communities within politically charged terrain. This book considers the pedagogical dimensions of stories, serving as an Indigenous literary and education project.

Across Cultures / Across Borders

Paul Depasquale,Renate Eigenbrod,Emma Larocque
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Author : Paul Depasquale,Renate Eigenbrod,Emma Larocque
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781551117263

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Across Cultures / Across Borders by Paul Depasquale,Renate Eigenbrod,Emma Larocque Pdf

Across Cultures/Across Borders is a collection of new critical essays, interviews, and other writings by twenty-five established and emerging Canadian Aboriginal and Native American scholars and creative writers across Turtle Island. Together, these original works illustrate diverse but interconnecting knowledges and offer powerfully relevant observations on Native literature and culture.

The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous American Literature

James H. Cox,James Howard Cox,Daniel Heath Justice
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Author : James H. Cox,James Howard Cox,Daniel Heath Justice
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199914036

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The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous American Literature by James H. Cox,James Howard Cox,Daniel Heath Justice Pdf

"This book explores Indigenous American literature and the development of an inter- and trans-Indigenous orientation in Native American and Indigenous literary studies. Drawing on the perspectives of scholars in the field, it seeks to reconcile tribal nation specificity, Indigenous literary nationalism, and trans-Indigenous methodologies as necessary components of post-Renaissance Native American and Indigenous literary studies. It looks at the work of Renaissance writers, including Louise Erdrich's Tracks (1988) and Leslie Marmon Silko's Sacred Water (1993), along with novels by S. Alice Callahan and John Milton Oskison. It also discusses Indigenous poetics and Salt Publishing's Earthworks series, focusing on poets of the Renaissance in conversation with emerging writers. Furthermore, it introduces contemporary readers to many American Indian writers from the seventeenth to the first half of the nineteenth century, from Captain Joseph Johnson and Ben Uncas to Samson Occom, Samuel Ashpo, Henry Quaquaquid, Joseph Brant, Hendrick Aupaumut, Sarah Simon, Mary Occom, and Elijah Wimpey. The book examines Inuit literature in Inuktitut, bilingual Mexicanoh and Spanish poetry, and literature in Indian Territory, Nunavut, the Huasteca, Yucatán, and the Great Lakes region. It considers Indigenous literatures north of the Medicine Line, particularly francophone writing by Indigenous authors in Quebec. Other issues tackled by the book include racial and blood identities that continue to divide Indigenous nations and communities, as well as the role of colleges and universities in the development of Indigenous literary studies".

Indigenous Poetics in Canada

Neal McLeod
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Author : Neal McLeod
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781771120098

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Indigenous Poetics in Canada by Neal McLeod Pdf

Indigenous Poetics in Canada broadens the way in which Indigenous poetry is examined, studied, and discussed in Canada. Breaking from the parameters of traditional English literature studies, this volume embraces a wider sense of poetics, including Indigenous oralities, languages, and understandings of place. Featuring work by academics and poets, the book examines four elements of Indigenous poetics. First, it explores the poetics of memory: collective memory, the persistence of Indigenous poetic consciousness, and the relationships that enable the Indigenous storytelling process. The book then explores the poetics of performance: Indigenous poetics exist both in written form and in relation to an audience. Third, in an examination of the poetics of place and space, the book considers contemporary Indigenous poetry and classical Indigenous narratives. Finally, in a section on the poetics of medicine, contributors articulate the healing and restorative power of Indigenous poetry and narratives.

Stories in a New Skin

Keavy Martin
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Author : Keavy Martin
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780887554285

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Stories in a New Skin by Keavy Martin Pdf

In an age where southern power-holders look north and see only vacant polar landscapes, isolated communities, and exploitable resources, it is important to note that the Inuit homeland encompasses extensive philosophical, political, and literary traditions. Stories in a New Skin is a seminal text that explores these Arctic literary traditions and, in the process, reveals a pathway into Inuit literary criticism. Author Keavy Martin considers writing, storytelling, and performance from a range of genres and historical periods – the classic stories and songs of Inuit oral traditions, life writing, oral histories, and contemporary fiction, poetry and film – and discusses the ways in which these texts constitute an autonomous literary tradition. She draws attention to the interconnection between language, form and context and illustrates the capacity of Inuit writers, singers and storytellers to instruct diverse audiences in the appreciation of Inuit texts. Although Eurowestern academic contexts and literary terminology are a relatively foreign presence in Inuit territory, Martin builds on the inherent adaptability and resilience of Inuit genres in order to foster greater southern awareness of a tradition whose audience has remained primarily northern.

Iskwewak Kah’ Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak

Janice Acoose
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Author : Janice Acoose
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780889615762

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Iskwewak Kah’ Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak by Janice Acoose Pdf

Now in its second edition, this groundbreaking work of literary and cultural criticism analyzes representations of Indigenous women in Canadian literature. By deconstructing stereotypical images of the “Indian princess” and “easy squaw,” Janice Acoose calls attention to the racist and sexist depictions of Indigenous women in popular literature. Blending personal narrative and literary criticism, this revised edition draws a strong connection between the persistent negative cultural attitudes fostered by those stereotypical representations and the missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Acoose decolonizes written English by interweaving her own story with reflections on the self-determination of her female ancestors and by highlighting influential Indigenous female writers who have resisted cultural stereotypes and reclaimed the literary field as their own. This important text urges both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to move beyond words to challenge the harmful attitudes that condone violence against Indigenous women. Thoroughly updated and featuring new photographs, questions for critical thought, and a discussion of Indigenous women’s literary voices that have emerged in the past twenty years, the second edition of Iskwewak is an invaluable resource for students and teachers of Indigenous studies, women’s studies, and literature.

Literary Land Claims

Margery Fee
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Author : Margery Fee
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781771121002

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Literary Land Claims by Margery Fee Pdf

Literature not only represents Canada as “our home and native land” but has been used as evidence of the civilization needed to claim and rule that land. Indigenous people have long been represented as roaming “savages” without land title and without literature. Literary Land Claims: From Pontiac’s War to Attawapiskat analyzes works produced between 1832 and the late 1970s by writers who resisted these dominant notions. Margery Fee examines John Richardson’s novels about Pontiac’s War and the War of 1812 that document the breaking of British promises to Indigenous nations. She provides a close reading of Louis Riel’s addresses to the court at the end of his trial in 1885, showing that his vision for sharing the land derives from the Indigenous value of respect. Fee argues that both Grey Owl and E. Pauline Johnson’s visions are obscured by challenges to their authenticity. Finally, she shows how storyteller Harry Robinson uses a contemporary Okanagan framework to explain how white refusal to share the land meant that Coyote himself had to make a deal with the King of England. Fee concludes that despite support in social media for Theresa Spence’s hunger strike, Idle No More, and the Indian Residential School Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the story about “savage Indians” and “civilized Canadians” and the latter group’s superior claim to “develop” the lands and resources of Canada still circulates widely. If the land is to be respected and shared as it should be, literary studies needs a new critical narrative, one that engages with the ideas of Indigenous writers and intellectuals.

Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law

Cheryl Suzack
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Author : Cheryl Suzack
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781442628588

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Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law by Cheryl Suzack Pdf

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Indigenous Women's Writing, Storytelling, and Law -- Chapter One: Gendering the Politics of Tribal Sovereignty: Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez (1978) and Ceremony (1977) -- Chapter Two: The Legal Silencing of Indigenous Women: Racine v. Woods (1983) and In Search of April Raintree (1983) -- Chapter Three: Colonial Governmentality and GenderViolence: State of Minnesota v. Zay Zah (1977) and The Antelope Wife (1998) -- Chapter Four: Land Claims, Identity Claims: Manypenny v. United States (1991) and Last Standing Woman (1997) -- Conclusion: For an Indigenous-Feminist Literary Criticism -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Creating Community

Renate Eigenbrod,Jo-Ann Episkenew
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Author : Renate Eigenbrod,Jo-Ann Episkenew
Publisher : Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015056947420

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Creating Community by Renate Eigenbrod,Jo-Ann Episkenew Pdf

Creating Community is a special book about imagination and challenge. We know that writers try to tell us things. We know that what they tell is culturally-based. But what exactly are Aboriginal authors trying to tell us? Fifteen authors and scholars discuss Aboriginal literature in it's unique Canadian context

New Contexts of Canadian Criticism

Ajay Heble,Donna Palmateer Pennee,J.R. Struthers
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Author : Ajay Heble,Donna Palmateer Pennee,J.R. Struthers
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1551111063

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New Contexts of Canadian Criticism by Ajay Heble,Donna Palmateer Pennee,J.R. Struthers Pdf

Times change, lives change, and the terms we need to describe our literature or society or condition—what Raymond Williams calls “keywords”—change with them. Perhaps the most significant development in the quarter-century since Eli Mandel edited his anthology Contexts of Canadian Criticism has been the growing recognition that not only do different people need different terms, but the same terms have different meanings for different people and in different contexts. Nation, history, culture, art, identity—the positions we take discussing these and other issues can lead to conflict, but also hold the promise of a new sort of community. Speaking of First Nations people and their literature, Beth Brant observes that “Our connections … are like the threads of a weaving. … While the colour and beauty of each thread is unique and important, together they make a communal material of strength and durability.” New Contexts of Canadian Criticism is designed to be read, to work, in much the same manner.

Indigenous Poetics in Canada

Neal McLeod
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Author : Neal McLeod
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781771120081

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Indigenous Poetics in Canada by Neal McLeod Pdf

Indigenous Poetics in Canada broadens the way in which Indigenous poetry is examined, studied, and discussed in Canada. Breaking from the parameters of traditional English literature studies, this volume embraces a wider sense of poetics, including Indigenous oralities, languages, and understandings of place. Featuring work by academics and poets, the book examines four elements of Indigenous poetics. First, it explores the poetics of memory: collective memory, the persistence of Indigenous poetic consciousness, and the relationships that enable the Indigenous storytelling process. The book then explores the poetics of performance: Indigenous poetics exist both in written form and in relation to an audience. Third, in an examination of the poetics of place and space, the book considers contemporary Indigenous poetry and classical Indigenous narratives. Finally, in a section on the poetics of medicine, contributors articulate the healing and restorative power of Indigenous poetry and narratives.

Travelling Knowledges

Renate Eigenbrod
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Author : Renate Eigenbrod
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780887553899

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Travelling Knowledges by Renate Eigenbrod Pdf

In the context of de/colonization, the boundary between an Aboriginal text and the analysis by a non-Aboriginal outsider poses particular challenges often constructed as unbridgeable. Eigenbrod argues that politically correct silence is not the answer but instead does a disservice to the literature that, like all literature, depends on being read, taught, and disseminated in various ways. In Travelling Knowledges, Eigenbrod suggests decolonizing strategies when approaching Aboriginal texts as an outsider and challenges conventional notions of expertise. She concludes that literatures of colonized peoples have to be read ethically, not only without colonial impositions of labels but also with the responsibility to read beyond the text or, in Lee Maracle's words, to become "the architect of great social transformation." Features the works of: Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan), Louise Halfe (Cree), Margo Kane (Saulteaux/Cree), Maurice Kenny (Mohawk), Thomas King (Cherokee, living in Canada), Emma LaRocque (Cree/Metis), Lee Maracle (Sto: lo/Metis), Ruby Slipperjack (Anishnaabe), Lorne Simon (Miikmaq), Richard Wagamese (Anishnaabe), and Emma Lee Warrior (Peigan)