Taking back our spirits : Indigenous literature, public policy, and healing

Type

Book

Authors

Jo-Ann Episkenew ( Episkenew, Jo-Ann )

ISBN 10

0887557104

ISBN 13

9780887557101

Tags

Canadian literature (English) -- Indigenous authors -- History and criticism, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions, Healing in literature, Indigenous authors, Canadian literature

Abstract

From the earliest settler policies to deal with the “Indian problem,” to contemporary government-run programs ostensibly designed to help Indigenous people, public policy has played a major role in creating the historical trauma that so greatly impacts the lives of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. Taking Back Our Spirits traces the link between Canadian public policies, the injuries they have inflicted on Indigenous people, and Indigenous literature’s ability to heal individuals and communities. Episkenew examines contemporary autobiography, fiction, and drama to reveal how these texts respond to and critique public policy, and how literature functions as “medicine” to help cure the colonial contagion."--Back cover.

Description

viii, 247 pages ; 23 cm.

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliography and index.

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