Title: Cultural grammars of nation, diaspora, and indigeneity in Canada /
Authors: McCall, Sophie, 1969-; Kim, Christine, 1973-; Singer, Melina Baum, 1974-
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Canadian literature (English) Minority authors History and criticism.; Canadian literature (English) Native authors History and criticism.; Canadian literature (English) Indian authors History and criticism.; Minorities Canada Social conditions.; Native peoples Canada Social conditions; Littérature canadienne-anglaise Auteurs issus des minorités Histoire et critique.; Littérature canadienne-anglaise Auteurs autochtones Histoire et critique.; Littérature canadienne-anglaise Auteurs indiens d'Amérique Histoire et critique.; Minorités Canada Conditions sociales.; Autochtones Canada Conditions sociales.; Canada Social conditions.; Canada Conditions sociales.
Contents: Introduction / Christine Kim and Sophie McCall -- Diaspora and nation in Métis writing / Sophie McCall -- Canadian Indian literary nationalism? Critical approaches in Canadian indigenous contexts -- A collaborative interlogue / Kristina Fagan [and others] -- Breaking the framework of representational violence: Testimonial publics, memorial arts, and a critique of postcolonial violence (the Pickton Trial) / Julia Emberley -- "Grammars of exchange": The "Oriental Woman" in the global market / Belén Martín-Lucas -- Unhomely moves: A.M. Klein, Jewish diasporic difference, racialization, and coercive whiteness / Melina Baum Singer -- Asian Canadian critical practice as commemoration / Christopher Lee -- Diasporic longings: (Re)figurations of home and homelessness in Richard Wagamese's work / Renate Eigenbrod -- Afro-Caribbean writing in Canada and the politics of migrant labour mobility / Jody Mason -- Racialized diasporas, entangled postmemories, and Kyo Maclear's The letter opener / Christine Kim -- Underwater signposts: Richard Fung's Islands and enabling nostalgia / Lily Cho -- "Phoenicia [not equal to] Lebanon": Transsexual poetics as poetics of the body within and across the nation / Alessandra Capperdoni -- Word warriors: Indigenous political consciousness in prison / Deena Rymhs.