Blackening Canada: Diaspora, Race, Multiculturalism

by Paul Barrett

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Focusing on the work of black, diasporic writers in Canada, particularly Dionne Brand, Austin Clarke, and Tessa McWatt, Blackening Canada investigates the manner in which literature can transform conceptions of nation and diaspora. Through a consideration of literary representation, public discourse, and the language of political protest, Paul Barrett argues that Canadian multiculturalism uniquely enables black diasporic writers to transform national literature and identity. These writers seize upon the ambiguities and tensions within Canadian discourses of nation to rewrite the nation from a black, diasporic perspective, converting exclusion from the national discourse into the impetus for their creative endeavours....Read more
  • ISBN10 1442615761
  • ISBN13 9781442615762
  • Publish Date 22 April 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint University of Toronto Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 256
  • Language English