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Scandalous Bodies:

Diasporic Literature in English Canada
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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 2009 - Literary Criticism - 289 pages
Scandalous Bodies is an impassioned scholarly study both of literature by diasporic writers and of the contexts within which it is produced. It explores topics ranging from the Canadian government's multiculturalism policy to media representations of so-called minority groups, from the relationship between realist fiction and history to postmodern constructions of ethnicity, from the multicultural theory of the philosopher Charles Taylor to the cultural responsibilities of diasporic critics such as Kamboureli herself. Smaro Kamboureli proposes no neat or comforting solutions to the problems.
  

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User Review  - Marilena - Goodreads

Extremely interesting book! Subjectivity, self-location, displacement, hybrid identity, ETHNICITY, multiculturalism, pluralism, the hyphen as sign of diaspora, OTHERNESS... The book has lots of ... Read full review

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Sedative Politics Media Law Philosophy
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Ethnic Anthologies From Designated Margins to Postmodern Multiculturalism
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The Body in Joy Kogawas Obasan Race Gender Sexuality
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Notes
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Works Cited
245
Index
261
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