Overview

Political communities are defined, and often contested, through stories. Scholars have long recognized that two foundational sets of stories – narratives of contact and narratives of arrival – helped to define settler societies. We are only beginning to understand how ongoing issues of migration and settlement are linked to issues of indigenous-settler contact. Storied Communities disrupts the assumption in many works that indigenous and immigrant identities fall into two separate streams of analysis. The authors do not attempt to build a new master narrative – they instead juxtapose narratives of contact and arrival as they explore key themes: narrative and narrative form, the nature and hazards of storytelling in the political realm, and the institutional and theoretical implications of foundation narratives and storytelling. By bringing to light the links between narratives of contact and narratives of arrival, this volume opens up new ways to imagine, sustain, and transform political communities.

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Author:   Hester Lessard ,  Rebecca Johnson ,  Jeremy Webber
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780774818803

ISBN 10:   0774818808
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction 1 Introduction / Hester Lessard, Rebecca Johnson, and Jeremy Webber Part 2: Narratives of Contact and Arrival in the Canadian Political Space 2 Canadian Sovereignty and Universal History / Michael Asch 3 Historicizing Narratives of Arrival: The Other Indian Other / Audrey Macklin 4 The Conceit of Sovereignty: Toward Post-Colonial Technique / Brenna Bhanda  Part 3: Narratives and Narrative Form 5 Show Me Yours / Richard Van Camp 6 Horseflies, Haireaters, and Bulldogs: In Conversation with Richard Van Camp / Blanca Schorcht 7 Counter-Narratives of Arrival and Return: Testing the Interstices of Resistance / Sneja Gunew 8 Common Ground around the Tower of Babel / J. Edward Chamberlin Part 4: Contact and Its Narratives 9 Juxtaposing Contact Stories in Canada / Anne Godlewska 10 Native Women, the Body, Land, and Narratives of Contact and Arrival / Kim Anderson 11 The Batman Legend: Remembering and Forgetting the History of Possession and Dispossession / Bain Attwood 12 Layered Narratives in Site-Specific “Wild” Places / Jacinta Ruru Part 5: Arrival and Its Narratives 13 Narratives of Origins and the Emergence of the European Union / Patricia Tuitt 14 “Robbed of a Different Life”: Alternative Histories, Interrupted Futures / Susan Bibler Coutin Part 6: Institutional Implications: How Would We Do Things Differently If We Took Narrative Seriously? 15 Toward a Shared Narrative of Reconciliation: Developments in Canadian Aboriginal Rights Law / S. Ronald Stevenson 16 Hoquotist: Reorienting through Storied Practice / Johnny Mack 17 Proof and Narrative: “Reproducing the Facts” in Refugee Claims / Donald Galloway Part 7: Theoretical Implications: Where Do We Go from Here? 18 Differentiating Liberating Stories from Oppressive Narratives: Memory, Land, and Justice / Martha Nandorfy Contributors; Index

Reviews

It is neither easy nor commonplace in contemporary Canada to realize a coming together of storytellers and scholars immersed in Aboriginal identities on one hand and recent immigrant identities on the other. That is what this book promises and largely delivers.<br> - Shauna Van Praagh, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Author Information

Hester Lessard is a professor of law at the University of Victoria. Rebecca Johnson is a professor of law at the University of Victoria. Jeremy Webber holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Society at the University of Victoria and is also a Trudeau Fellow. Contributors: Kim Anderson, Bain Attwood, Michael Asch, Brenna Bhandar, J. Edward Chamberlin, Susan Bibler Coutin, Donald Galloway, Anne Godlewska, Sneja Gunew, Johnny Mack, Audrey Macklin, Martha Nandorfy, Jacinta Ruru, Blanca Schorcht, S. Ronald Stevenson, Patricia Tuitt, Richard Van Camp

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