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Across cultures, across borders : Canadian Aboriginal and Native American literatures

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  • Contributor: DePasquale, Paul W.; Eigenbrod, Renate; LaRocque, Emma
    Date:
    Issued
    2011
    Summary:

    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.

    Contents:
    • Going to Canada / Warren Cariou.
    • Code-switching Humour in Aboriginal Literature / Kristina Fagan.
    • Tawinikewin / Louise Bernice Halfe.
    • The Time Tomson Highway Went to Mameek and Survived to Tell The Tale / Tomson Highway.
    • The Book That Affected Me The Most / Tomson Highway.
    • A Relevant Resonance: Considering the Study of Indigenous National Literatures / Daniel Heath Justice.
    • Toward a National Literature: 'A body of writing' / Lee Maracle.
    • Negotiating a Different Terrain: Geographical and Education Cross-Border Difficulties / Lorraine Mayer.
    • Cree Poetic Discourse / Neal McLeod.
    • Wachea / Duncan Mercredi.
    • Writing and Life / Duncan Mercredi.
    • My Grandfather's Face / Daniel David Moses.
    Genre:
    Essays, Literary arts, Canadian nonfiction, Indigenous materials
    Sujets: American literature | Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Indigenous authors | Indigenous peoples of North America | Interviews | Literary collections | North America
    Original Publisher: Peterborough, Ont., Broadview Press
    Language(s): English