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Resisting Canada : an anthology of poetry / edited, with an introduction, by Nyla Matuk.
Van Pelt Library PR9194.52.C3 R47 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political poetry.
- Social action.
- Ethnic relations.
- Race relations.
- Social conditions.
- Canada--Social conditions--Poetry.
- Canada.
- Canada--Race relations--Poetry.
- Canada--Ethnic relations--Poetry.
- Social action--Canada--Poetry.
- Genre:
- Political poetry.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 291 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Québec, Canada : Signal Editions, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Poetry, Canadian Poetry, activism, Indigenous agency, cultural belonging, environmental anxieties and racial privilege. Poems included in Resisting Canada--by poets such as Lee Maracle, Jordan Abel, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Louise Bernice Halfe, Michael Prior, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Jordan Abel. Excerpt from "Injun"
- Marie Annharte Baker. One way to keep track of who is talking ; Last ditch religion ; South Dakota news ; Breed apart ; Multicultural timbit ; I want to dance wild Indian blackface ; Coyote Columbus cafe
- Billy-Ray Belcourt. God's river ; Sexual history ; The Oxford journal
- Beth Cuthand. Four songs for the fifth generation ; Post-Oka kinda woman
- Rosanna Deerchild. Mama's testament: truth and reconciliation ; Calling down the sky
- Marilyn Dumont. The white judges ; Helen Betty Osborne ; Letter to Sir John A. MacDonald ; Our prince
- Marvin Francis. Joe TB ; Treaty lines ; Treaty map
- Louise Bernice Halfe-sky Dancer. Masaskon- stripped; Tipiyawewisiw- ownership of one's self ; Owners of themselves
- Lee Maracle. Bring the boys home (Nicaragua- another Vietnam) ; Saga of American truth ; Streets ; Women ; Blind justice ; Canada is a labyrinth ; Oka ; Remembering Mahmoud 1976 ; Talking to the diaspora
- Janet Rogers. Being Indian ; Check point ; MOQW/MOQW?ESPEYE?WIXT ; Alotta hullabaloo ; Giving a shit ; Witness ; Calls to action ; Red Earth, White lies
- Armand Garnet Ruffo. Indian canoe, n.d. ; The land (land rights), 1976 ; Poem for Duncan Campbell Smith ; Creating a country
- Gregory A. Scofield. She is spitting a mouthful of stars (Nikawi's song) ; This is not a manifesto (Club Reprise) ; How many White people noticed (and recounted the scene over dinner) ; Mixed Breed Act ; Policy of the dispossessed ; Nothing sacred ; How to reach Canada
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Nogojiwanong ; Constellation ; This accident of being lost ; Leaks ; Samllpox, anyone.
- James Arthur. A local history ; The death of Captain America ; Drone
- Wayde Compton. Evening at the colonial ; JD ; The Chief factor ; Illegalese: flood gate dub
- Jim Johnstone. Speaking distance ; To Carthage then we came
- El Jones. Viola Desmond ; Omar Khadr ; Toxic legacy
- Christine Leclerc. Excerpt from "Oilywood"
- Canisia Lubrin. Our mapless season ; Turn right at the darkness
- Sachiko Murakami. Civic claims ; The agreement agreement ; Boundaries
- Arleen Paré. Kanesatake ; Oka crisis ; To Oka
- Michael Prior. Tashme
- Shane Rhodes. The voyages of Martin Frobisher ; Fronts of power ; The requirement
- Ingrid Ruthig. Ten mile point ; Settlement
- Karen Solie. Bitumen ; The National Gallery ; The Prime Minister
- Moez Surani. Operación Opération Operation [...]
- Derek Webster. Victoriana Canadiensis ; Dominion
- Rita Wong. Forage, fumage ; Snipstream.
- ISBN:
- 9781550655339
- 1550655337
- OCLC:
- 1097316675
- Publisher Number:
- 99985422364
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