A short history of the blockade : giant beavers, diplomacy, and regeneration in Nishnaabewin / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

Main entry:

Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971- author.

Title & Author:

A short history of the blockade : giant beavers, diplomacy, and regeneration in Nishnaabewin / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : University of Alberta Press : Canadian Literature Centre = Centre de littérature canadienne, [2021]
©2021

Description:

xix, 63 pages ; 23 cm

Series:

CLC Kreisel lecture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Foreword / Carrière -- Liminaire / Carrière -- Introduction / Abel -- A Short History of the Blockade / Simpson -- About the Author -- CLC Kreisel Lecture Series.
Issued also in electronic formats.

Summary:

"In A Short History of the Blockade, award-winning writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson uses Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg stories, storytelling aesthetics, and practices to explore the generative nature of Indigenous blockades through our relative, the beaver--or in Nishnaabemowin, Amik. Moving through genres, shifting through time, amikwag stories become a lens for the life-giving possibilities of dams and the world-building possibilities of blockades, deepening our understanding of Indigenous resistance, as both a negation and an affirmation. Widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation, Simpson's work breaks open the intersections between politics, story, and song, bringing audiences into a rich and layered world of sound, light, and sovereign creativity. A Short History of the Blockade reveals how the practice of telling stories is also a culture of listening, "a thinking through together," and ultimately, like the dam or the blockade, an affirmation of life."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781772125382 (paperback)
1772125385 (paperback)
(ePub)
9781772125504
(PDF)
9781772125528

Subject:

Ojibwa literature Canada History and criticism.
Beavers.
Dams.
Social justice Canada.
Protest movements Canada.
Indigenous peoples Canada Government relations.
Indigenous peoples Canada Social conditions.
Indigenous peoples Canada Social life and customs.
Storytelling.
Littérature ojibwa Canada Histoire et critique.
Barrages.
Justice sociale Canada.
Contestation Canada.
Peuples autochtones Canada Relations avec l'État.
Peuples autochtones Canada Conditions sociales.
Peuples autochtones Canada Mœurs et coutumes.
Art de conter.
Indigenous peoples Government relations
Indigenous peoples Social conditions
Indigenous peoples Social life and customs
Ojibwa literature
Protest movements
Social justice
Aboriginal Canadians Relations with government.
Aboriginal Canadians Social conditions.
Aboriginal Canadians Literature.
Canada

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Canadian Literature Centre, publisher.
Henry Kreisel lecture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315061
Call No.: 315061
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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