Masculine Migrations: Reading the Postcolonial Male in New Canadian Narratives
Author:
Daniel Coleman
ISBN:
0802042643
Format:
Handover
Publish Date:
June, 2005
Book Review
Masculine Migrations: Reading the Postcolonial Male in New Canadian Narratives
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book examines the representation of masculinities in the fictions and autobiographies of some of Canada's most exciting writers, including Austin Clarke, Dany Laferriere, Neil Bissoondath, Michael Ondaatje, Ven Begamudre, and Rohinton Mistry, to show how cross-cultural migration disrupts assumed codes for masculine behaviour and practice. It is the first book-length study of masculinities in Canadian literature and also the first to discuss these prominent postcolonial writers in relation to one another.