Prison Of Grass

Author : Howard Adams
Publisher : Saskatoon : Fifth House
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002225709

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Prison of Grass by Howard Adams Pdf

Originally published in 1975, this important book is now back in print in a revised and updated edition. Since its first publication it has become a classic of revisionist history. Bringing a Native viewpoint to the settlement of the West, Howard Adam's book shook its readers. What Native people had to say for themselves was quite different from the convenient picture of history that even the most sympathetic books by white authors had presented. Until Adams's book, the cultural, historical, and psychological aspects of colonialism for Native people had not been explored in depth. In Prison of Grass Adams objects to the popular historical notion that Natives were warring savages, without government, seeking to be civilized. He contrasts the official history found in the federal government's documents with the unpublished history of the Indian and Metis people. In this new edition Howard Adams brings the latest statistics to bear on his arguments and provides a new Preface.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917987489

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Prison of Grass by Anonim Pdf

Author : Doretta Lau
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780889712997

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How Does A Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun? by Doretta Lau Pdf

Building on the success of the Journey Prize-shortlisted title story, the stories of How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun? present an updated and whimsical new take on what it means to be Canadian. Lau alludes to the personal and political histories of a number of young Asian Canadian characters to explain their unique perspectives of the world, artfully fusing pure delusion and abstract perception with heartbreaking reality. Correspondingly, the book’s title refers to an interview with Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, who when asked about the Shanghai Sharks, the team that shaped his formative sporting years, responded, “How does a single blade of grass thank the sun?” Lau’s stories feature the children and grandchildren of immigrants, transnational adoptees and multiracial adults who came of age in the 1990s—all struggling to find a place in the Western world and using the only language they know to express their hopes, fears and expectations.

Author : David J. Carter
Publisher : Elkwater, Alta. : Eagle Butte Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Prisoner-of-war camps
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028772353

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POW, Behind Canadian Barbed Wire by David J. Carter Pdf

Author : Shizuye Takashima
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781770490598

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A Child in Prison Camp by Shizuye Takashima Pdf

When Shizuye Takashima, “Shichan” as she was called, was eleven years old, her entire world changed forever. As a Japanese-Canadian in 1941, she was among thousands of people forced from their homes and sent to live in internment camps in the Canadian Rockies. Although none had been convicted of any crime, they were considered the enemy because the country was at war with Japan. In this true story of sadness and joy, Shichan recalls her life in the days leading up to her family’s forced movement to the camp, her fear, anger, and frustration as the war drags on, and the surprising joys in the camp: a Kabuki play, holiday celebrations, and the ever-present beauty of the stars.

Author : Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781770464186

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Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim Pdf

Appeared on best of the year lists from The New York Times, The Guardian, and more! Winner of The Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Print Comic of the Year! Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War—a disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history. Beginning in Lee’s childhood, Grass shows the lead-up to the war from a child’s vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee’s strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee’s memories. The cartoonist Gendry-Kim’s interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee’s wartime suffering changed her. Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace.

Author : Sean C. Grass
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135384845

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The Self in the Cell by Sean C. Grass Pdf

Michel Foucault's writing about the Panopticon in Discipline and Punish has dominated discussions of the prison and the novel, and recent literary criticism draws heavily from Foucauldian ideas about surveillance to analyze metaphorical forms of confinement: policing, detection, and public scrutiny and censure. But real Victorian prisons and the novels that portray them have few similarities to the Panopticon. Sean Grass provides a necessary alternative to Foucault by tracing the cultural history of the Victorian prison, and pointing to the tangible relations between Victorian confinement and the narrative production of the self. The Self in the Cell examines the ways in which separate confinement prisons, with their demand for autobiographical production, helped to provide an impetus and a model that guided novelists' explorations of the private self in Victorian fiction.

Author : Marie Ann Battiste,Jean Barman
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 077480517X

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First Nations Education in Canada by Marie Ann Battiste,Jean Barman Pdf

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal experts examine aspects of education for First Nations adults and children in Canada, discussing the philosophical basis of First Nations education and assessing strengths and weaknesses in teacher training and the classroom. Topics include redefining science education for Aboriginal students; Aboriginal-based models for native education pedagogy; retention and dropout; and an aboriginal approach to healing education at an urban high school. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Chris Wilson,Bret Witter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735215603

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The Master Plan by Chris Wilson,Bret Witter Pdf

The inspiring, instructive, and ultimately triumphant memoir of a man who used hard work and a Master Plan to turn a life sentence into a second chance. Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life he wouldn't leave the house without a gun. One night, defending himself, he killed a man. At eighteen, he was sentenced to life in prison with no hope of parole. But what should have been the end of his story became the beginning. Deciding to make something of his life, Chris embarked on a journey of self-improvement--reading, working out, learning languages, even starting a business. He wrote his Master Plan: a list of all he expected to accomplish or acquire. He worked his plan every day for years, and in his mid-thirties he did the impossible: he convinced a judge to reduce his sentence and became a free man. Today Chris is a successful social entrepreneur who employs returning citizens; a mentor; and a public speaker. He is the embodiment of second chances, and this is his unforgettable story.

Author : Doris Lessing
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781770890220

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Prisons We Choose to Live Inside by Doris Lessing Pdf

In her 1985 CBC Massey Lectures Doris Lessing addresses the question of personal freedom and individual responsibility in a world increasingly prone to political rhetoric, mass emotions, and inherited structures of unquestioned belief. The Nobel Prize-winning author of more than thirty books, Doris Lessing is one of our most challenging and important writers.

Author : John Healy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141889498

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The Grass Arena by John Healy Pdf

John Healy, the son of poor Irish immigrants in London, grows up hardened by violence and soon finds himself overwhelmed by alcoholism. He ends up in the grass arena: the parks and streets of the inner city, where beggars, thieves, prostitutes and killers fight for survival and each day brings the question of where to find the next drink. In his searing autobiography Healy describes with unflinching honesty his experiences of addiction, his escape through learning to play chess in prison, and his ongoing search for peace of mind.

Author : Susan Burton,Cari Lynn
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781620974391

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Becoming Ms. Burton by Susan Burton,Cari Lynn Pdf

Winner of the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s Media for a Just Society Awards Winner of the 2017 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice “Valuable . . . [like Michelle] Alexander's The New Jim Crow.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Susan Burton is a national treasure . . . her life story is testimony to the human capacity for resilience and recovery . . . [Becoming Ms. Burton is] a stunning memoir.” —Nicholas Kristof, in The New York Times Winner of the prestigious NAACP Image Award, a uniquely American story of trauma, incarceration, and "the breathtaking resilience of the human spirit" (Michelle Alexander) Widely hailed as a stunning memoir, Becoming Ms. Burton is the remarkable life story of the renowned activist Susan Burton. In this "stirring and moving tour-de-force" (John Legend), Susan Burton movingly recounts her own journey through the criminal justice system and her transformation into a life of advocacy. After a childhood of immense pain, poverty, and abuse in Los Angeles, the tragic loss of her son led her into addiction, which in turn led to arrests and incarceration. During the War on Drugs, Burton was arrested and would cycle in and out of prison for more than fifteen years. When, by chance, she finally received treatment, her political awakening began and she became a powerful advocate for "a more humane justice system guided by compassion and dignity" (Booklist, starred review). Her award-winning organization, A New Way of Life, has transformed the lives of more than one thousand formerly incarcerated women and is an international model for a less punitive and more effective approach to rehabilitation and reentry. Winner of an NAACP Image Award and named a "Best Book of 2017" by the Chicago Public Library, here is an unforgettable book about "the breathtaking resilience of the human spirit" (Michelle Alexander).

Author : Zhang Xianliang
Publisher : Verba Mundi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 156792445X

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Grass Soup by Zhang Xianliang Pdf

Zhang Xianliang, one of China's greatest living writers, spent twenty-two years in Chinese prisons and labor camps until his "rehabilitation" in 1979. Through most of those years he kept a diary of his experiences. Because any detail would have meant the diary's destruction and Zhang's execution, the entries were curt and cryptic; sometimes entire days were condensed into two or three words. This is a frightening portrait of how a major civilization can bring itself to its knees by mass complicity, told with a deft matter-of-factness that only highlights the horror.

Author : Bahman Maghsoudlou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015082671234

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Grass by Bahman Maghsoudlou Pdf

"When World War I ended in 1918, the world had changed. The face of Europe was reshaped, its boundaries altered, and Communism had taken over Russia. Many Americans were there to witness this, among them Merian C. Cooper, an Air Force pilot, Ernest B. Schoedsack, an Army cameraman, and Marguerite Harrison, a newspaper reporter. Cooper and Schoedsack had both fought in the war, and became involved in post-war events, while Harrison was recruited to work for US Intelligence, reporting on political developments in Germany and Soviet Russia. The three shared a wanderlust and a curiosity about other cultures that would take them separately, or together, all over Europe and Asia - experiencing such hardships as war and prison. In the Middle East. they came together to film the migration of a nomadic Iranian tribe, making one of the first ever documentaries, "Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life." This volume looks at the lives of all three of these unique individuals, and at the many adventures that shaped them and brought them to their pioneering moment in cinematic history, presenting this fascinating story in its entirety for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Thomas King
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443419123

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Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King Pdf

Strong, sassy women and hard-luck, hard-headed men, all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world, perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance in this magical, rollicking tale by award-winning author Thomas King. Alberta, Eli, Lionel and others are coming to the Blackfoot reservation for the Sun Dance. There they will encounter four Indian elders and their companion, the trickster Coyote—and nothing in the small town of Blossom will be the same again. . . .