Echo - Essays on Other Literatures Volume 42

In 1985 Joseph Pivato edited 'Contrasts: Comparative Essays on Italian-Canadian Writing', a pioneering collection on minority writing in English, French and Italian. The present book builds on Contrasts by focusing on specific questions -- oral roots, women, self-hatred and translation -- and by expanding on the Canadian discourse to include minority writing in Australia and other countries. In her Foreword, Sneja Gunew states: "The final strategy clearly consists of continuing the dialogue with people like Joseph Pivato and thus to be far more nuanced in our research into cultural difference. Like Joseph Pivato, I believe that the study of these writings both focuses on local differences and transcends the opportunism and tunnel vision of nationalist projects by connecting us to the world at large."

About the author

Joseph Pivato is the author of Contrasts: Comparative Essays on Italian-Canadian Writing. He is a professor of English at Athabasca University in Edmonton. Sneja Gunew is a professor of English and women's studies at the University of British Columbia.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Pivato, Joseph Pivato
• Assisted by: Joseph Pivato (Editor)
• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9781550711769
• ISBN: 978-1-55071-176-9
• No. of pages: 98
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 179 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 200 g
• Series: Picas; Picas series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law