LEADER 04339nam 2200757 450 001 9910456379203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99167-8 010 $a9786611991678 010 $a1-4426-8373-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442683730 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001979 035 $a(OCoLC)244768267 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218931 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000313735 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11254642 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313735 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10378324 035 $a(PQKB)11250477 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601070 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255026 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672277 035 $a(DE-B1597)465142 035 $a(OCoLC)944177219 035 $a(OCoLC)999378955 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442683730 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672277 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257951 035 $a(OCoLC)958562741 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001979 100 $a20160915h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWriting the roaming subject $ethe biotext in Canadian literature /$fJoanne Saul 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-6627-5 311 $a0-8020-9012-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Writing the Roaming Subject -- $t1. Introducing the 'Biotext' -- $t2. 'The shape of an unknown thing': Writing Displacement in Running in the Family -- $t3. 'A story of listening way back in the body': Writing the Self in Ghost Works -- $t4. Routes and Roots: The Auto/biographical Voices of Mothertalk -- $t5. The Politics and Poetics of Identity: 'Faking it' in Diamond Grill -- $tEpilogue: (Still) Roaming -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aEngaging current debates within the studies of life writing and of the nation-state, Writing the Roaming Subject focuses on a group of Canadian writers who pose questions about cultural difference and national identity while writing about their own lives and their own experiences of displacement. Joanne Saul uses the term 'biotext' to describe the unique form of writing that challenges critical practices regarding both life writing and immigrant and ethnic minority writing by blurring the borders of biography, autobiography, history, fiction and theory, as well as poetry, prose, and visual representation.In her readings of selected contemporary Canadian biotexts - including Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family, Daphne Marlatt's Ghost Works, Roy Kiyooka's Mothertalk, and Fred Wah's Diamond Grill - Saul suggests that by crossing generic boundaries, these works illuminate the complex relationships between language, place, and self as they are manifested in textual form. Writing the Roaming Subject explores issues of identity formation, representation, and resistance in Canada and suggests that these are particularly crucial questions during a period of Canadian literary history when so many writers are insisting on new, more diverse cultural performances that resist the pull of the national imaginary. 606 $aCanadian literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAutobiographical fiction, Canadian$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAuthors, Canadian$y20th century$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAutobiography$xMinority authors 606 $aEthnicity in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCanadian literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAutobiographical fiction, Canadian$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAuthors, Canadian$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAutobiography$xMinority authors. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 676 $a810.9809045 700 $aSaul$b Joanne$f1969-$01042239 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456379203321 996 $aWriting the roaming subject$92466322 997 $aUNINA