Blackening Canada : diaspora, race, multiculturalism /
Paul Barrett.
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Temporalities of Becoming in Dionne Brand's thirsty -- 2. "I'm Running for My Life": Mobility in Austin Clarke's Recent Fiction -- 3. Writing Life-Worlds: Canadian History and the Representation of Albert Johnson -- 4. Race, Heritage, and Recognition in Tessa McWatt's Out of My Skin -- 5. Concluding -- 6. Re-Beginning: "Blah, Blah, Blah." Emergent Critical Multiculturalism in Brampton, Ontario.
Focusing on the work of black, diasporic writers in Canada, Blackening Canada investigates the manner in which literature can transform conceptions of nation and diaspora.
9781442668959
20159005256
African diaspora in literature. Race in literature. Multiculturalism in literature. Canadian literature--Black Canadian authors--History and criticism.