Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:45:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lynnette Kissoon <lkissoon-AT-chass.utoronto.ca>
Subject: Re: poco lit course readings


As Joy Kogawa is hailed as an Asian American writer even though she was
born and lives in Canada.....

Lynnette M. Kissoon 

On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Mac Fenwick wrote:

> I would suggest Tom King's _Green Grass Running Water_, as it is
> "canonically" post-colonial insofar as it does all the things that _The
> Empire Writes Back_ says it's supposed to do. Trick is, it contests the
> continuing imperialistic enterprise of European-Americans and clearly
> situates itself within a First Nation perspective that is neither
> "Canadian" nor "American" -- and yet the book (and King) is hailed as a
> piece of great Canadian fiction (even though King lives and works in the
> United States).
> 
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> Mac Fenwick
> English Department
> Queen's University
> Kingston, Ontario
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