Contemporary Canadian Women’s Fiction: Refiguring Identities

Howells, C.

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 and the multiple affiliation of any woman's identity construction? All these writers are engaged in rewriting history across generation, and Howells argues that woman's fiction negotiates new possibilities for cultural change, introducing more heterogeneous narratives of identity in multi-cultural Canada.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2003-10-10

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780312239008

DOI: 10.1057/9781403973542

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 230