| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Contemporary American and Canadian writers
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Contemporary American and Canadian writers.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front matter; Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: why queer(y) citizenship?; Reading: an act of queering citizenship; Autobiographical acts of reading and the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and Dorothy Allison; Métis and two-spirit vernaculars in the writing of Gregory Scofield; Performing the border and queer rasquachismo in Guillermo Gómez-Peña's performance art; The antianaesthetic and 'a community of readers' in Erín Moure's O Cidadán |
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Reading for hemispheric citizenship in Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoConclusion: Yann Martel's lonely book club; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Can reading make us better citizens? Fusing queer theory, citizenship studies, and border studies in its exploration of seven U.S., Canadian, and Indigenous authors, poets, and performance artists, Crossing borders and queering citizenship theorises how reading can work as a empowering tool in contemporary civic struggles in the North America. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Civics -- Study and teaching.
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Civics -- Study and teaching. |
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American literature.
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American literature. |
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Canadian literature.
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Canadian literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version : 9781784993092 |
| ISBN |
9781526134462 (electronic book) |
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1526134462 (electronic book) |
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9781526134479 (ePub ebook) |
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1526134470 |
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9781784993092 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
10.7765/9781526134462 |
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