
Border Crossings
Thomas King's Cultural Inversions
University of Toronto Press
74th Edition
Published on 5. April 2003
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-8020-4134-0 (ISBN)
Description
Thomas King is the first Native writer to generate widespread interest in both Canada and the United States. He has been nominated twice for Governor General's Awards, and his first novel, Medicine River, has been transformed into a CBC movie. His books have been reviewed in publications such as The New York Times Book Review, The Globe and Mail, and People magazine. King is also the author of the serialized radio series The Dead Dog Cafe and is an accomplished photographer. Border Crossings is the first full-length study to explore King's art.
Davidson, Walton, and Andrews employ a framework of postcolonial and border studies theory to examine the concepts of nation, race, and sexuality in King's work. They examine how King's art routinely explores cross-cultural dynamics, including Native rights and race relations, American and Canadian cultural interaction, and the artistic traditions of Europe and North America. The authors argue that, by situating these concepts within a comic framework, King avoids the polemics that often surface in cultural critiques. His writing engages, entertains, and educates. This provocative analysis of King's art reads across cultures and between borders, and makes an important contribution to the study of Native writing, Canadian and American literature, border studies, and humour studies.
Davidson, Walton, and Andrews employ a framework of postcolonial and border studies theory to examine the concepts of nation, race, and sexuality in King's work. They examine how King's art routinely explores cross-cultural dynamics, including Native rights and race relations, American and Canadian cultural interaction, and the artistic traditions of Europe and North America. The authors argue that, by situating these concepts within a comic framework, King avoids the polemics that often surface in cultural critiques. His writing engages, entertains, and educates. This provocative analysis of King's art reads across cultures and between borders, and makes an important contribution to the study of Native writing, Canadian and American literature, border studies, and humour studies.
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Edition
74th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8020-4134-0 (9780802041340)
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Persons
The late Arnold E. Davidson was a research professor of Canadian Studies at Duke University.
Priscilla L. Walton is a professor in the Department of English at Carleton University.
Jennifer Andrews is a professor in the Department of English at the University of New Brunswick.
Priscilla L. Walton is a professor in the Department of English at Carleton University.
Jennifer Andrews is a professor in the Department of English at the University of New Brunswick.