Aboriginal Canada revisited / Kerstin Knopf, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knopf, Kerstin.

Series:

International Canadian studies series.

International Canadian studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Canada.

Indians of North America.

Indians in literature.

Indians in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring a variety of topics-including health, politics, education, art, literature, media, and film-Aboriginal Canada Revisited draws a portrait of the current political and cultural position of Canada's Aboriginal peoples. While lauding improvements made in the past decades, the contributors draw attention to the systemic problems that continue to marginalize Aboriginal people within Canadian society. From the Introduction: "[This collection helps] to highlight areas where the colonial legacy still takes its toll, to acknowledge the manifold ways of Aboriginal cultural

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: ABORIGINAL CANADA REVISITED; HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES, POLITICS; EDUCATION; IMAGINING AND IMAGING THE ""INDIAN""; LITERATURE; PRINT MEDIA AND FILM; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69028-3

9786613667229

0-7766-1776-1

OCLC:

659500338