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OverviewWhat is family? Is it defined by blood and birth? Or can we invite whomever we want into that intimate embrace? This book invites readers to pull up a guest chair at the family table. Twenty contributors from across British Columbia -- museum curators, cultural luminaries, writers and thinkers young and old, from First Nations, LGBTQ, Japanese Canadian and Punjabi communities, among others -- share their vastly different perspectives on what family means in this superb collection of personal narratives, poems and essays. This collection will provoke, tease, enlighten and infuriate. Isnt that what family does best? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michelle van der MerwePublisher: Royal British Columbia Museum Imprint: Royal British Columbia Museum Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9780772670526ISBN 10: 0772670528 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 01 June 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface; Embracing the Family; Family Tree; Family; In the Name of Education; The Legacy of SPOTA; At Our Best; Fathers and Sons; The Language of Family; River Relations; Queer as Family; Museum Collecting with Families; The Watchmakers Coast; A Moment by a Cherry Tree; Stewards of the Land through Many Generations; A Quiet Connection; A Sense of Belonging; Voices of our Ancestors; A Story of Being Odd and Finding Ones Bashert; All of the Related People; Generations; Contributors; Endnotes; IndexReviewsWhat is a family, really? Is it defined by blood, or by love, or by some other measure? Do we have the right to declare who is in our family, and who is not? These questions might seem ever so slightly esoteric, but they get right to the point of The Language of Family. The book brings together stories, poems and essays from 20 contributors. Their work helps remind us of the rich diversity found in British Columbia, and embodied in the families that live here. Odds are, it will shake the readers concept of what a family is. A family can be what we make it. A family can be what was made for us. A family can cross borders, cross gender lines and stereotypes, and cross any and all racial divides. The concept of family varies with all of us. This book opens the door to new thinking, and encourages us to step through. Times Colonist, August 2017 Author InformationMichelle van der Merwe has been the publisher at the Royal BC Museum and Archives since 2015. Her background includes design and journalism, and her extensive editing experience comes from many years of both in-house and contract projects that have included fiction and non-fiction books, magazines and corporate communications. Michelle has been a contributing editor at Geist Magazine since 2004 and was a member-at-large on the board of the Magazine Association of BC in 20142015, has sat as a director on the National Executive Council of the Editors Association of Canada for the past four years and is an active member of both the Association of Book Publishers of BC and the Association of Canadian Publishers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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