Listening to Old Woman Speak: Natives and alterNatives in Canadian Literature 9780773572225
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Writing "Indians" and the Manichean Allegory
1 Representation and Identification: Gender and Genre in the First Canadian Novel(s)
2 "A Curiosity ... Natural and Feminine": Race, Class, and Gender in the Colonial Writings of Anna Jameson and Susanna Moodie
3 "Poor Creatures, Once so Benighted": Imagining Race in Early Colonial Narratives
4 Inhabiting a Manichean World View: Colonialism, Ideology, and Discourse
5 Administering/Ministering to the Indians: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Politics of Church and State
6 The Temptations of Rudy Wiebe: History and Postmodern Indians
7 "Contamination as Literary Strategy": A Postcolonial Ideal
8 "Children of Two Peoples": Hybrid Texts, Hybrid People?
9 The Healing Aesthetic of Basil H. Johnston
Conclusion: Finding an Appropriate(d) Voice
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Writing "Indians" and the Manichean Allegory
1 Representation and Identification: Gender and Genre in the First Canadian Novel(s)
2 "A Curiosity ... Natural and Feminine": Race, Class, and Gender in the Colonial Writings of Anna Jameson and Susanna Moodie
3 "Poor Creatures, Once so Benighted": Imagining Race in Early Colonial Narratives
4 Inhabiting a Manichean World View: Colonialism, Ideology, and Discourse
5 Administering/Ministering to the Indians: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Politics of Church and State
6 The Temptations of Rudy Wiebe: History and Postmodern Indians
7 "Contamination as Literary Strategy": A Postcolonial Ideal
8 "Children of Two Peoples": Hybrid Texts, Hybrid People?
9 The Healing Aesthetic of Basil H. Johnston
Conclusion: Finding an Appropriate(d) Voice
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
V
W
Y
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