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Margaret Laurence Writes Africa and Canada
Laura K. Davis
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Paperback. Articulates how Margaret Laurence addresses decolonization and nation building in 1950s Somalia and Ghana, and 1960s and 1970s English-Canada. Laurence displaces the simple notion that Canada is a sum total of different cultures, and conceives Canada as a mosaic that is in flux and constituted through continually changing social relations. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Margaret Laurence Writes Africa and Canada is the first book to examine how Laurence addresses decolonization and nation building in 1950s Somalia and Ghana, and 1960s and 1970s English Canada. Focusing on Laurence's published works as well as her unpublished letters not yet discussed by critics, the book articulates how Laurence and her characters are poised between African colonies of occupation during decolonization and the settler-colony of English Canada during the implementation of Canadian multiculturalism. Laurence's Canadian characters are often divided subjects who are not quite members of their ancestral imperial cultures, yet also not truly native ... Read more
Margaret Laurence Writes Africa and Canada is the first book to examine how Laurence addresses decolonization and nation building in 1950s Somalia and Ghana, and 1960s and 1970s English Canada. Focusing on Laurence's published works as well as her unpublished letters not yet discussed by critics, the book articulates how Laurence and her characters are poised between African colonies of occupation during decolonization and the settler-colony of English Canada during the implementation of Canadian multiculturalism. Laurence's Canadian characters are often divided subjects who are not quite members of their ancestral imperial cultures, yet also not truly native ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781771121477
SKU
V9781771121477
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99-15
About Laura K. Davis
Laura K. Davis teaches and researches in the areas of Canadian literature and writing studies at Red Deer College, Alberta. She has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Alberta, has published articles and reviews on Canadian literature, and is a co-author of the textbook, Essay Writing for Canadian Students, with Readings .
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