Archaeologies of an Uncertain Future: Recent Generations of Canadian Women WritingIn Archaeologies of an Uncertain Future, McPherson explores the memory work, alternative historiographies, and feminist aesthetics by which women writers revisit the past and reimagine the future. Grounded within critical discourses across many discplines, McPherson's analysis engages contemporary discussions about autobiographical genres, post-modern historiographies, memoirs, and literary genealogies. |
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... legacy of the twentieth century is that apocalypse has entered the minds of many without the accompanying belief in revelation. Krishan Kumar notes that “what we seem to have today is apocalyptic imagination without hope but also, more ...
... legacy of the twentieth century is that apocalypse has entered the minds of many without the accompanying belief in revelation. Krishan Kumar notes that “what we seem to have today is apocalyptic imagination without hope but also, more ...
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... legacy that can only leave future generations at a loss. Many stories outside of the scope of history go untold and unheard. As the Clio historians noted, “In spite of recent efforts by historians to compile a history of these anonymous ...
... legacy that can only leave future generations at a loss. Many stories outside of the scope of history go untold and unheard. As the Clio historians noted, “In spite of recent efforts by historians to compile a history of these anonymous ...
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... legacy of shame and fear that forecloses their telling. The narrator in Ana Historic describes this silencing process: “the mothers, the inheritance of the mothers. you taught me a lot. you taught me the uneasy hole in myself and how to ...
... legacy of shame and fear that forecloses their telling. The narrator in Ana Historic describes this silencing process: “the mothers, the inheritance of the mothers. you taught me a lot. you taught me the uneasy hole in myself and how to ...
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Contents
Memory Works | |
Precarious Thresholds | |
Thinking the Future | |
Today and Tomorrow | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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