Contemporary Canadian Women's Fiction: Refiguring Identities

by Coral Ann Howells

Book Overview

This book charts the significant changes in contemporary Canada's literary profile since the mid-1990s, within a context of the new national rhetoric of multiculturalism. By looking closely at a representative range of fictions in English by women from a variety of ethnocultural backgrounds, Howells examines the complexities embedded within Canadian identity. What does 'Refiguring Identities' mean for these writers, given their individual agendas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349386758
• ISBN13: 9781349386758
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"