Scandalous bodies : diasporic literature in English Canada / Smaro Kamboureli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamboureli, Smaro, author.

Series:

TransCanada series.

TransCanada series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

Canadian literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.

Ethnic groups in literature.

Ethnicity in literature.

Immigrants in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scandalous Bodies is an impassioned scholarly study both of literature by diasporic writers and of the contexts within which it is produced. It explores topics ranging from the Canadian government's multiculturalism policy to media representations of so-called minority groups, from the relationship between realist fiction and history to postmodern constructions of ethnicity, from the multicultural theory of the philosopher Charles Taylor to the cultural responsibilities of diasporic critics such as Kamboureli herself. Smaro Kamboureli proposes no neat or comforting solution

Contents:

Critical Correspondences: The Diasporic Critic's (Self-)Location

Realism and the History of Reality: F.P. Grove's Settlers of the Marsh

Sedative Politics: Media, Law, Philosophy

Ethnic Anthologies: From Designated Margins to Postmodern Multiculturalism

The Body in Joy Kogawa's Obasan: Race, Gender, Sexuality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-260) and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612534423

9781554587179

1554587174

9781282534421

1282534424

OCLC:

671571239