Blackening Canada - Diaspora, Race, Multiculturalism

Informationen zum Autor Paul Barrett is a Banting postdoctoral fellow in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. Klappentext Focusing on the work of black, diasporic writers in Canada, Blackening Canada investigates the manner in which literature can transform conceptions of nation and diaspora. Focusing on the work of black, diasporic writers in Canada, Blackening Canada investigates the manner in which literature can transform conceptions of nation and diaspora. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Texts and Contexts of Blackening 1. Temporalities of Becoming in Dionne Brand’s thirsty 2. “I’m Running For My Life”: Mobility in Austin Clarke’s Recent Fiction 3. Writing Life-Worlds: Canadian History and the Representation of Albert Johnson 4. Race, Heritage, and Recognition in Tessa McWatt’s Out of My Skin 5. Concluding 6. Re-Beginning: “Blah, Blah, Blah.” Emergent Critical Multiculturalism in Brampton, Ontario

Product details

• Authors: Paul Barrett
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2015
• EAN: 9781442615762
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-1576-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history