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Northern Voices
Inuit Writings in English
Price:
$43.95
ISBN: 9781487522377
Pub Date: May 2017
A classic anthology that combines the rich oral tradition of Northern Canadian Inuit as well as their more recent English writing. Petrone links the cultural past of arctic peoples with its present day expression.
Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law
Price:
$34.95
ISBN: 9781442628588
Pub Date: April 2017
In Indigenous Women’s Writing and the Cultural Study of Law, Cheryl Suzack explores Indigenous women’s writing in the post-civil rights period through close-reading analysis of major texts by Leslie Marmon Silko, Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, Louise Erdrich, and Winona LaDuke.
In the Belly of a Laughing God
Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry
Price:
$72.00
ISBN: 9780802035677
Pub Date: May 2011
In the Belly of a Laughing God examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada and the United States employ humour and irony to address the intricacies of race, gender, and nationality.
Defamiliarizing the Aboriginal
Cultural Practices and Decolonization in Canada
Price:
$49.95
ISBN: 9781442610255
Pub Date: May 2009
In Defamiliarizing the Aboriginal, Julia V. Emberley examines the historical production of aboriginality in colonial cultural practices and its impact on the everyday lives of indigenous women, youth, and children.
Before the Country
Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology
Price:
$47.95
ISBN: 9780802094469
Pub Date: November 2007
In the context of Northrop Frye's theories of myth, and in light of the attempts of social critics and early anthologists to define Canada and Canadian literature, McKenzie discusses the ways in which our decidedly fractured sense of literary nationalism has set indigenous culture apart from the mainstream.
Telling Our Stories
Omushkego Legends and Histories from Hudson Bay
Price:
$43.95
ISBN: 9781551115801
Pub Date: August 2005
Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, presents some of the most vivid legends and historical stories from his collection, casting new light on his people's history, culture, and values.
Border Crossings
Thomas King's Cultural Inversions
Price:
$61.00
ISBN: 9780802041340
Pub Date: April 2003
The authors argue that, by situating concepts of cross-cultural dynamics within a comic framework, native writer Thomas King avoids the polemics that often surface in cultural critiques.
E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake
Collected Poems and Selected Prose
Price:
$50.00
ISBN: 9780802084972
Pub Date: June 2002
The first complete collection of all of E. Pauline Johnson's known poems, many painstakingly culled from newspapers, magazines, and archives, along with a selection of her prose, including fiction, journalism, and discussions of gender and race.
How Should I Read These?
Native Women Writers in Canada
Price:
$49.95
ISBN: 9780802084019
Pub Date: May 2001
Drawing on postcolonial, feminist, poststructuralist, and First Nations theory, Hoy raises and addresses questions around ‘difference’ in relation to texts by contemporary Native women prose writers in Canada.
Making it Their Own
Seven Ojibwe Communicative Practices
Price:
$41.95
ISBN: 9780802075963
Pub Date: July 1995
In this fascinating ethnographic study, Valentine guides the reader through the language, geography, and sociology of the Lynx Lake community, yet we never lose sight of the emotional dimensions of daily life.
Northern Voices
Inuit Writings in English
Price:
$45.95
ISBN: 9780802077172
Pub Date: May 1992
A classic anthology that combines the rich oral tradition of Northern Canadian Inuit as well as their more recent English writing. Petrone links the cultural past of arctic peoples with its present day expression.
First People, First Voices
Price:
$35.95
ISBN: 9780802065629
Pub Date: December 1984
An anthology of writings designed to show the beginnings and development in Canada of an Indian literary tradition in English.
The Canadian Brothers; or, The Prophecy Fulfilled
A Tale of the Late American War
Price:
$59.00
ISBN: 9780802062642
Pub Date: September 1976
Carl Klinck’s introduction places the novel in the contexts of the events of Wacousta and the author’s life, and traces its history, discussing briefly the differences between the original version and the Americanized edition, retitled Matilda Montgomerie (1851).
Northern Voices
Inuit Writings in English
$43.95
ISBN: 9781487522377
Pub Date: May 2017
A classic anthology that combines the rich oral tradition of Northern Canadian Inuit as well as their more recent English writing. Petrone links the cultural past of arctic peoples with its present day expression.
Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law
$34.95
ISBN: 9781442628588
Pub Date: April 2017
In Indigenous Women’s Writing and the Cultural Study of Law, Cheryl Suzack explores Indigenous women’s writing in the post-civil rights period through close-reading analysis of major texts by Leslie Marmon Silko, Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, Louise Erdrich, and Winona LaDuke.
In the Belly of a Laughing God
Humour and Irony in Native Women's Poetry
$72.00
ISBN: 9780802035677
Pub Date: May 2011
In the Belly of a Laughing God examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada and the United States employ humour and irony to address the intricacies of race, gender, and nationality.
Defamiliarizing the Aboriginal
Cultural Practices and Decolonization in Canada
$49.95
ISBN: 9781442610255
Pub Date: May 2009
In Defamiliarizing the Aboriginal, Julia V. Emberley examines the historical production of aboriginality in colonial cultural practices and its impact on the everyday lives of indigenous women, youth, and children.
Before the Country
Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology
$47.95
ISBN: 9780802094469
Pub Date: November 2007
In the context of Northrop Frye's theories of myth, and in light of the attempts of social critics and early anthologists to define Canada and Canadian literature, McKenzie discusses the ways in which our decidedly fractured sense of literary nationalism has set indigenous culture apart from the mainstream.
Telling Our Stories
Omushkego Legends and Histories from Hudson Bay
$43.95
ISBN: 9781551115801
Pub Date: August 2005
Border Crossings
Thomas King's Cultural Inversions
$61.00
ISBN: 9780802041340
Pub Date: April 2003
The authors argue that, by situating concepts of cross-cultural dynamics within a comic framework, native writer Thomas King avoids the polemics that often surface in cultural critiques.
E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake
Collected Poems and Selected Prose
$50.00
ISBN: 9780802084972
Pub Date: June 2002
The first complete collection of all of E. Pauline Johnson's known poems, many painstakingly culled from newspapers, magazines, and archives, along with a selection of her prose, including fiction, journalism, and discussions of gender and race.
How Should I Read These?
Native Women Writers in Canada
$49.95
ISBN: 9780802084019
Pub Date: May 2001
Drawing on postcolonial, feminist, poststructuralist, and First Nations theory, Hoy raises and addresses questions around ‘difference’ in relation to texts by contemporary Native women prose writers in Canada.
Making it Their Own
Seven Ojibwe Communicative Practices
$41.95
ISBN: 9780802075963
Pub Date: July 1995
In this fascinating ethnographic study, Valentine guides the reader through the language, geography, and sociology of the Lynx Lake community, yet we never lose sight of the emotional dimensions of daily life.
Northern Voices
Inuit Writings in English
$45.95
ISBN: 9780802077172
Pub Date: May 1992
A classic anthology that combines the rich oral tradition of Northern Canadian Inuit as well as their more recent English writing. Petrone links the cultural past of arctic peoples with its present day expression.
First People, First Voices
$35.95
ISBN: 9780802065629
Pub Date: December 1984
The Canadian Brothers; or, The Prophecy Fulfilled
A Tale of the Late American War
$59.00
ISBN: 9780802062642
Pub Date: September 1976
Carl Klinck’s introduction places the novel in the contexts of the events of Wacousta and the author’s life, and traces its history, discussing briefly the differences between the original version and the Americanized edition, retitled Matilda Montgomerie (1851).