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Stories of Oka : land, film, and literature / Isabelle St-Amand ; translated by S. E. Stewart.

Author/creator St-Amand, Isabelle
Other author/creatorStewart, S. E. (Susan Elizabeth), 1951-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoWinnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2018]
Descriptionx, 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Uniform titleCrise d'Oka en récits. English
Portion of title Land, film, and literature
Contents The event and the impossibility of neutrality -- The siege in action : settler crisis and Indigenous resistance -- The disputed land : performing sovereignty -- From the spectacular to the documentary-Okanada : Behind the Lines at Oka -- "A record we made ourselves"-Kanehsatake : 270 Years of Resistance -- Settler literary narratives -- Mohawk and other Indigenous literary narratives.
Abstract In the summer of 1990, the Oka Crisis - or the Kanehsatake Resistance - exposed a rupture in the relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada. This book examines the standoff in relation to film and literary narratives, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.
General noteTranslated from the French.
General noteOriginally published as La crise d'Oka en récits : territoire, cinéma et littérature, by Presses de l'Université Laval in 2015.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-303) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageTranslated from the French.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022435925
ISBN0887558194 (paper)
ISBN9780887558191 (paper)
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