Scandalous bodies : diasporic literature in English Canada
"Scandalous Bodies is an impassioned scholarly study both of literature by diasporic writers and of the contexts within which it is produced. Smaro Kamboureli explores topics ranging from the Canadian government's multiculturalism policy to media representations of cultural minorities, from the relationship between realist fiction and history to postmodern constructions of ethnicity, from the theories of the philosopher Charles Taylor to the cultural responsibilities of diasporic critics like herself. Kamboureli proposes no neat or comforting solutions to the problems she raises. If her study offers any definitive answers, they are to be found in her method of reading, which reveals the fluid nature of ethnicity and, by extension, the pitfalls of political orthodoxies."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2000
Oxford University Press, Don Mills, Ont., 2000
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 268 pages ; 23 cm
9780195414509, 0195414500
42835802
Critical Correspondences: The Diasporic Critic's (Self- )Location
1. Realism and the History of Reality: F.P. Grove's Settlers of the Marsh
2. Sedative Politics: Media, Law, Philosophy
3. Ethnic Anthologies: From Designated Margins to Postmodern Multiculturalism
4. The Body in Joy Kogawa's Obasan: Race, Gender, Sexuality