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1 online resource (viii, 247 pages) |
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Myth, policy, and health -- Policies of devastation -- Personal stories, healing stories -- Moving beyond the personal myth -- Theatre that heals wounded communities -- Final thoughts, future directions |
| Summary |
"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 Indigenous peoples. Taking Back Our Spirits traces the links between Canadian public policies, the injuries they have inflicted on Indigenous people, and the role of Indigenous literature in healing 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."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-236) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed October 17, 2019) |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations
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Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions
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Healing in literature.
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Canadian literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism
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Canadian literature -- Métis authors -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Canadian literature -- Métis authors
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Canadian literature -- Indian authors
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Healing in literature
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Indigenous peoples -- Government relations
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Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780887553684 |
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0887553680 |
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