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Title:
Why Indigenous literatures matter / Daniel Heath Justice.
Author:
Justice, Daniel Heath, author.
Publication Information:
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2018]

©2018
Call Number:
PR9199.4.J87 W49 2018
Abstract:
"It's about Indigenous literatures and underscores their significance to Indigenous peoples in the realm of the political, the creative, and the intellectual. It challenges readers to examine their assumptions about Indigenous literatures and at the same time asserts the emotional connections of our shared humanity and the transformative power of story."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781771121767
Series:
Indigenous studies series

Indigenous studies series.
Physical Description:
xxii, 284 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Preface / Notes for the Long Rebellion -- Introduction Stories that Wound, Stories That Heal -- Chapter 1. How Do We Learn to Be Human? -- Chapter 2. How Do We Behave as Good Relatives? -- Chapter 3. How Do We Become Good Ancestors? -- Chapter 4. How Do We Learn to Live Together? -- Chapter 5. Reading the Ruptures -- Conclusion. Keeping a Fire -- Appendix / A Year of #HonouringIndigenousWriters -- Bibliographic Essay / Citational Relations.
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