Before I was a critic I was a human being /
"'In that moment, I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn't think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives, but exclude their physical bodies from entering and experiencing. In that m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto : Vancouver :
Book*hug Press ; Artspeak,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Essais (Toronto, Ont.) ;
no. 7. |
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| Summary: | "'In that moment, I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn't think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives, but exclude their physical bodies from entering and experiencing. In that moment, I felt like a real Canadian.' (from the Introduction). Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is the debut collection of creative nonfiction essays by Amy Fung. In it, Fung takes a closer examination at Canada's mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national art critic. Following the tangents of a foreign-born perspective and the complexities and complicities in participating in ongoing acts of colonial violence, the book as a whole takes the form of a very long land acknowledgement. Taken individually, each piece roots itself in the learning and unlearning process of a first generation settler immigrant as she unfurls each region's sense of place and identity."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 181 pages ; 21 cm. Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 181). |
| ISBN: | 9781771665056 177166505X |