Before I was a critic I was a human being / Amy Fung.
"'In that moment, I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn't think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives, but exclude their physical bodies from entering and experiencing. In that moment, I felt like a real Canadian.' (from the Introduction). Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is the debut collection of creative nonfiction essays by Amy Fung. In it, Fung takes a closer examination at Canada's mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national art critic. Following the tangents of a foreign-born perspective and the complexities and complicities in participating in ongoing acts of colonial violence, the book as a whole takes the form of a very long land acknowledgement. Taken individually, each piece roots itself in the learning and unlearning process of a first generation settler immigrant as she unfurls each region's sense of place and identity."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781771665056
- ISBN: 177166505X
- Physical Description: 181 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Book*hug Press ; 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 181). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Harbour -- Sprawl -- Venture -- The Bridge -- Treaties -- The Cairn -- Choke -- Witness -- Tour -- The Island -- Difficult People -- 375 -- Epilogue. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic formats. |
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Subject: | Immigrants > Canada. Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > Canada. Essays. Canada > Colonization. |
Genre: | Essays. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design | PS8611 .U64 A6 2019 (Text) | 30243192 | Book | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-04-04 |