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Author: Deena Rymhs
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Volume: 8
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.284kg
ISBN: 9781554585809
ISBN 10: 1554585805
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 30 November 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
[Rymhs's] prose successfully conducts [her] analysis with great economy and clarity within this accomplished book. - Kit Dobson - Canadian Literature, 200, Spring 2009 - 200909 This book makes an important contribution to Native North American studies by pairing the examination of key contemporary writings by Native peoples who have been incarcerated in the penal system with stories of those who survived and were fundamentally changed by their experiences at Canadian residential schools. Using the concept of 'carceral writing' as the basis for her wide ranging study, Rymhs makes a compelling case for understanding how, historically, residential schools 'served as the antecedent to the prison' because both institutions are designed to evoke and sustain feelings of guilt.... Throughout Rymhs carefully traces the links and differences between ... texts, creating nuanced and quite precise analyses that are notable for the clarity of her language and the manner in which she is able to discuss a large number of works without losing focus.... [A]n excellent introduction to the topic and convincingly demonstrates the need for much more scholarship in this area of Native writing. - Jennifer Andrews - Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 30, #1, 2010 - 201009 Informed by postcolonial theory, trauma theory, international prison literature, and critical work on resistance writing, Rymhs's is the first book-length study of imprisonment as not only a predominant theme in Aboriginal literature, but also a material reality shaping the form and content of this literature. She thus redresses a conspicuous gap in scholarship on prison writing, Aboriginal literature, and Canadian literature generally....[I]ts scope is impressive. - Nancy Van Styvendale - Great Plains Quarterly, Spring 2010 - 201007
This book makes an important contribution to Native North American studies by pairing the examination of key contemporary writings by Native peoples who have been incarcerated in the penal system with stories of those who survived and were fundamentally changed by their experiences at Canadian residential schools. Using the concept of 'carceral writing' as the basis for her wide ranging study, Rymhs makes a compelling case for understanding how, historically, residential schools 'served as the antecedent to the prison' because both institutions are designed to evoke and sustain feelings of guilt.... Throughout Rymhs carefully traces the links and differences between ... texts, creating nuanced and quite precise analyses that are notable for the clarity of her language and the manner in which she is able to discuss a large number of works without losing focus.... [A]n excellent introduction to the topic and convincingly demonstrates the need for much more scholarship in this area of Native writing. - Jennifer Andrews - Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 30, #1, 2010 - 201009 Informed by postcolonial theory, trauma theory, international prison literature, and critical work on resistance writing, Rymhs's is the first book-length study of imprisonment as not only a predominant theme in Aboriginal literature, but also a material reality shaping the form and content of this literature. She thus redresses a conspicuous gap in scholarship on prison writing, Aboriginal literature, and Canadian literature generally....[I]ts scope is impressive. - Nancy Van Styvendale - Great Plains Quarterly, Spring 2010 - 201007 [Rymhs's] prose successfully conducts [her] analysis with great economy and clarity within this accomplished book. - Kit Dobson - Canadian Literature, 200, Spring 2009 - 200909
Author Information
Deena Rymhs is an assistant professor of English at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. She has published essays on Canadian literature with a focus on indigenous authors and narratives of incarceration.
