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“My Own Portrait in Writing” addresses Vincent van Gogh’s letters from a literary theoretical point of view, namely Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of self-consciousness as a dialogue between “self” and “other.” Grant addresses how Van Gogh’s … [Click to Read More]
By Patrick Grant (Author)
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- English Language Arts
- Alberta History
- Social Studies
- Immigrants Experiences in Alberta
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In Writing Ukraine, Myrna Kostash reflects on how her travels and the war have shaped her understanding of Ukrainian Canadian identity. Rooted in her author-in-residence lecture at Athabasca University, Kostash engages in a self-reflective critique … [Click to Read More]
By Myrna Kostash (Author)
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Grieving for Pigeons is a collection of 12 short stories set in Lahore, Pakistan. The stories are about the people of the Punjab region and memory, identity, and post-colonial life. By blurring the past and … [Click to Read More]
By Zubair Ahmad (Author), Anne Murphy (Translator)
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Reading Vincent van Gogh analyzes the letters of the artist and provides thematic analysis. It gives readers valuable insight into the artist’s concepts and artistic theory through recurring motifs such as suffering, love, imagination, and … [Click to Read More]
By Patrick Grant (Author)
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Not Hockey is a collection of essays analyzing Canadian sports culture beyond the mainstream hockey tradition. It explores how other sports— such as lacrosse, curling, and baseball—are represented within Canadian literature and how they construct … [Click to Read More]
By Angie Abdou (Editor), Jamie Dopp (Editor)
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- English Language Arts
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In How to Read Like You Mean It, Kyle Conway presents his ideas on how to break down the act of reading, using humanities and social science-based scientific methods to read more fully. Conway contends … [Click to Read More]
By Kyle Conway (Author)
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Hockey on the Moon is a collection of essays that discuss the connection between imagination and hockey. Concepts like the Hockey Myth and the historical timeline of hockey becoming intertwined with Canadian identity are mapped … [Click to Read More]
By Jamie Dopp (Author)
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Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees covers immigrant experiences to and from a variety of countries and cultures, experienced by the young, the old, families, and individuals. It seeks to examine both the dehumanizing discourses, policies, … [Click to Read More]
By Yasmeen Abu-Laban (Editor), Michael Frishkopf (Editor), Reza Hasmath (Editor), Anna Kirova (Editor)
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The Art of Communication in a Polarized World deals with the art of communication in the era of ideological polarization. Conway discusses how social media and algorithms feed polarization and form echo chambers, and explores … [Click to Read More]
By Kyle Conway (Author)
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- Social Studies
- Alberta History
- Canadian History
- Indigenous Experiences in Alberta
- Indigenous Matters
- Ethics
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Liberalism, Surveillance, and Resistance explores the impact of liberalism on Indigenous communities in Western Canada from 1877 to 1927. It also addresses how government officials, police, church representatives, and settlers used surveillance and exclusionary tactics … [Click to Read More]
By Keith D. Smith (Author)
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This collection of essays explores the long-standing discussion over introducing a provincial sales tax in Alberta. Approaching the subject from various angles—some purely economic and others more historical and cultural —A Sales Tax for Alberta … [Click to Read More]
By Robert L. Ascah (Editor)
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While much of recorded history focuses on the stories of a few well-known figures, Amma’s Daughters looks at the stories of women involved in the independence movement of India, centring on the life of the … [Click to Read More]
By Meenal Shrivastava (Author)
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Koller paints a distinctly prairie setting in Voices of the Land, a collection of four plays in which the relationship between humans and the environment takes on a key role. The plays range from stories … [Click to Read More]
By Katherine Koller (Author)
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- Alberta History
- Canadian History
- Indigenous Experiences in Alberta
- Indigenous Matters
- Social Studies
- Fine Arts
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Using the example of five Blackfoot shirts housed at the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, Peers and Brown explore concepts around reconciliation and Blackfoot culture, past and present. While this volume focuses on navigating … [Click to Read More]
By Laura Peers (Author), Alison K. Brown (Author)
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Indigiqueerness comprises short biographical stories, personal dialogues, and visual media, featuring Whitehead’s distinctive voice as he reflects on his life and experiences. This slim volume is an excellent example of using voice or visual media … [Click to Read More]
By Joshua Whitehead (Author)