"This critical anthology of essays by Aboriginal academics provides an in-depth analysis of the emerging body of literature by Aboriginal authors. The contributors study the works of their peers with an insightful understanding of the significance of contemporary literature within Aboriginal cultural paradigms.This critical anthology of essays by Aboriginal academics provides an in-depth analysis of the emerging body of literature by Aboriginal authors. The contributors study the works of their peers with an insightful understanding of the significance of contemporary literature within Aboriginal cultural paradigms." -- goodreads.com
Introduction / Armand Garnet Ruffo -- Coming home through stories / Neal McLeod -- 'A Vanishing Indian? or Acoose: Woman Standing Above Ground?' / Janice Acoose -- From Copper Woman to Grey Owl to the alterNative Warrior: exploring voice and the need to connect / Jonathan Dewar -- Let's vote who is most authentic! Potolics of indetity in contemporary Sami literature / Rauna Kuokkanen -- Erasing the invisible: gender violence and representations of whiteness in 'dry lips oughta move to Kapuskasing' / Randy Lundy -- Exploring voice and silence in the poetry of Beth Curhand, Louise Halfe and Marlene Nourbese Philip / Laura Ann Cramer -- 'A really good brown girl': Marilyn Dumont's poems of grief and celebration / Brenda Payne -- Erotica, indigenous style / Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm -- A syphilitic western: making"the... Medicine Shows" / Daniel David Moses -- The beginning of Cree performance culture / Geraline Manossa -- "time is a fish": The Spirit of Nanapush and the power of transformation in the stories of Louise Erdrich / David McNab -- Aboriginal identity and its effects on writing / Anita Heiss -- Aboriginal text in context / Greg Young-Ing.
Summary: "This critical anthology of essays by Aboriginal academics provides an in-depth analysis of the emerging body of literature by Aboriginal authors. The contributors study the works of their peers with an insightful understanding of the significance of contemporary literature within Aboriginal cultural paradigms.This critical anthology of essays by Aboriginal academics provides an in-depth analysis of the emerging body of literature by Aboriginal authors. The contributors study the works of their peers with an insightful understanding of the significance of contemporary literature within Aboriginal cultural paradigms." -- goodreads.com
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