Selves and Subjectivities

Selves and Subjectivities Reflections on Canadian Arts and Culture

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Publisher's Synopsis

Long a topic of intricate political and social debate, Canadianidentity has come to be understood as fragmented, amorphous, andunstable, a multifaceted and contested space only tenuously linked totraditional concepts of the nation. As Canadians, we are endlesslydefining ourselves, seeking to locate our sense of self in relation tosome Other. By examining how writers and performers have conceptualizedand negotiated issues of personal identity in their work, the essayscollected in Selves and Subjectivities investigate emergingrepresentations of self and other in contemporary Canadian arts andculture. Included are essays on iconic poet and musician Leonard Cohen,Governor General award-winning playwright Colleen Wagner,feminist poet and novelist Daphne Marlatt, film director DavidCronenberg, poet and writer Hédi Bouraoui, author and media scholarMarusya Bociurkiw, puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, and the Aboriginal rapgroup War Party. As critic Diana Brydon has argued, contemporary Canadian writers are"not transcending nation but resituating it." Drawingtogether themes of gender and sexuality, trauma and displacement,performativity, and linguistic diversity, Selves andSubjectivities offers an exciting new contribution to themultivocal dialogue surrounding the Canadian sense of identity.

Book information

ISBN: 9781926836492
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Imprint: AU Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 276
Weight: 360g
Height: 215mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 18mm