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An autobiography of the autobiography of reading / Dionne Brand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brand, Dionne, 1953- author.
- Series:
- Henry Kreisel lecture series.
- CLC Kreisel lecture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brand, Dionne, 1953-.
- Brand, Dionne.
- Racism in literature.
- Authorship.
- Colonies in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Black people in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (73 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta : Canadian Literature Centre : University of Alberta Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Internationally acclaimed poet and novelist Dionne Brand reflects on her early reading of colonial literature and how it makes Black being inanimate. She explores her encounters with colonial, imperialist, and racist tropes; the ways that practices of reading and writing are shaped by those narrative structures; and the challenges of writing a narrative of Black life that attends to its own expression and its own consciousness."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- LIMINAIRE
- Introduction
- NOTES
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781772125153
- 1772125156
- 9781772125139
- 177212513X
- OCLC:
- 1126788257
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