Refuse : CanLit in ruins / edited by Hannah McGregor, Julie Rak, and Erin Wunker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGregor, Hannah, editor.

Rak, Julie, 1966- editor.

Wunker, Erin, 1979- editor.

Series:

Essais (Toronto, Ont.) ; no. 6.

Essais ; no. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian literature--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

Race discrimination in literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Social classes in literature.

Sex discrimination in literature.

Literature and society--Canada--History.

Literature and society.

History.

Canada.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

218 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Book*hug, [2018]

Summary:

"CanLit-the commonly used short form for English Canadian Literature as a cultural formation and industry-has been at the heart of several recent public controversies. Why? Because CanLit is breaking open to reveal the accepted injustices at its heart. It is imperative that these public controversies and the issues that sparked them be subject to careful and thorough discussion and critique. Refuse: CanLit in Ruins provides a critical and historical context to help readers understand conversations happening about CanLit presently. One of its goals is to foreground the perspectives of those who have been changing the conversation about what CanLit is and what it could be. Topics such as literary celebrity, white power, appropriation, class, rape culture, and the ongoing impact of settler colonialism are addressed by a diverse gathering of writers from across Canada. This volume works to avoid a single metanarrative response to these issues, but rather brings together a cacophonous and ruinous multitude of voices. With contributions by: Zoe Todd, Keith Maillard, Jane Eaton Hamilton, kim goldberg, Tanis MacDonald, Gwen Benaway, Lucia Lorenzi, Alicia Elliott, Sonnet l'Abbé, Marie Carrière, Kai Cheng Thom, Dorothy Ellen Palmer, Natalee Caple & Nikki Reimer, Lorraine York, Chelsea Vowel, Laura Moss, Phoebe Wang, A.H. Reaume, Jennifer Andrews, Kristen Darch & Fazeela Jiwa, Erika Thorkelson and Joshua Whitehead."-- Provided by publisher.

"CanLit-the commonly used short form for English Canadian Literature as a cultural formation and industry-has been at the heart of several recent public controversies. Why? Because CanLit is breaking open to reveal the accepted injustices at its heart. It is imperative that these public controversies and the issues that sparked them be subject to careful and thorough discussion and critique. Refuse: CanLit in Ruins provides a critical and historical context to help readers understand conversations happening about CanLit presently. One of its goals is to foreground the perspectives of those who have been changing the conversation about what CanLit is and what it could be. Topics such as literary celebrity, white power, appropriation, class, rape culture, and the ongoing impact of settler colonialism are addressed by a diverse gathering of writers from across Canada. This volume works to avoid a single metanarrative response to these issues, but rather brings together a cacophonous and ruinous multitude of voices. With contributions by: Zoe Todd, Keith Maillard, Jane Eaton Hamilton, kim goldberg, Tanis MacDonald, Gwen Benaway, Lucia Lorenzi, Alicia Elliott, Sonnet l'Abb�e, Marie Carri�ere, Kai Cheng Thom, Dorothy Ellen Palmer, Natalee Caple & Nikki Reimer, Lorraine York, Chelsea Vowel, Laura Moss, Phoebe Wang, A.H. Reaume, Jennifer Andrews, Kristen Darch & Fazeela Jiwa, Erika Thorkelson and Joshua Whitehead."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Living in the ruins / Hannah McGregor, Julie Rak, and Erin Wunker

Part one: Refusal. Rape culture, CanLit, and you / Zoe Todd ; Burn / Keith Maillard ; The you know / Jane Eaton Hamilton ; small birds / kim goldberg ; Stars upon thars: the Sneetches and other CanLit stories / Tanis MacDonald ; How it works / Tanis MacDonald ; But I still like / Gwen Benaway ; #CanLit at the crossroads: violence is nothing new; how we deal with it might be / Tanis MacDonald

Part two: Refuse. CanLit is a raging dumpster fire / Alicia Elliott ; Sonnet's Shakespeare / Sonnet l'Abbé ; Check your privilege! / Marie Carrière ; refuse: a trans girl writer's story / Kai Cheng Thom ; When a cow saves your life, you learn that Audre Lorde is always right / Dorothy Ellen Palmer ; CanLit hierarchy vs. the rhizome / Natalee Caple & Nikki Reimer ; How do we get out of here? an Atwood scholar signing off / Lorraine York ; "No appeal" / Chelsea Vowel

Part three: Re/fuse. On not refusing CanLit / Laura Moss ; Visions and versions of resilience: mentoring as a means of survival / Phoebe Wang ; In the "New CanLit," we must all be Antigones / A.H. Reaume ; Refusing the borders of CanLit / Jennifer Andrews ; Whose CanLit: solidarity and accountability in literary communities / Kristen Darch & Fazeela Jiwa ; Hearing the artificial obvious : Margaret Atwood, UBCAccountable, and the power of listening / Erika Thorkelson ; Writing as a rupture: a breakup note to CanLit / Joshua Whitehead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210).

Other Format:

Online version: Refuse.

Refuse.

ISBN:

9781771664318

1771664312

OCLC:

1055270781

Publisher Number:

99983505293