Title: Peter Dickinson, Here Is Queer: Nationalisms, Sexualities, and the Literatures of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Abstract:Revisionist readings of literature and identity in Canada are even more prevalent than in Australia, given the various separatist movements in Quebec in the last few decades. To say that Peter Dickins...Revisionist readings of literature and identity in Canada are even more prevalent than in Australia, given the various separatist movements in Quebec in the last few decades. To say that Peter Dickinson adds homosexual/queer representations to the canon of Canadian literature would be to underestimate the project: Here Is Queer analyses the work of queer writers in the context of nationalist debates, providing a substantive discussion of the country's literature.Here is Queer thoroughly assesses the ways in which the work of gay and lesbian writers has shaped a nation, even if the queer component is often overlooked. Dickinson clearly outlines how queer sexualities have influenced the construction of the literature and identity of the nation in spite of their critical absences and, more importantly, how queer sexualities continue to shape the development of Canadian literature.Read More
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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