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Manuel, Vera, 1948-2010.
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First Nations -- Drama.
First Nations -- Poetry.
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Manuel, Vera, 1948-2010.
First Nations -- Drama.
First Nations -- Poetry.
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Honouring the strength of Indian women : plays, stories, poetry /
Vera
Manuel
, Kulilu Patki ; edited by Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, Joanne Arnott, and Emalene A.
Manuel
; introduction by Emalene A.
Manuel
; afterwords by Michelle Coupal, Deanna Reder, and Joanne Arnott.
by
Manuel
,
Vera
,
1948-2010
.
University of Manitoba Press, 2019.
Call #:
819.8 M294h
Subjects
First Nations -- Drama.
First Nations -- Poetry.
Series
First voices, first texts ; 5.
ISBN:
9780887558368 (pbk.)
Description:
391 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"This critical edition delivers a unique and comprehensive collection of the works of Ktunaxa-Secwepemc writer and educator
Vera
Manuel
, daughter of prominent Indigenous leaders Marceline Paul and George
Manuel
. A vibrant force in the burgeoning Indigenous theatre scene,
Vera
was at the forefront of residential school writing and did groundbreaking work as a dramatherapist and healer. Long before mainstream Canada understood and discussed the impact and devastating legacy of Canada's Indian residential schools,
Vera
Manuel
wrote about it as part of her personal and community healing. She became a grassroots leader addressing the need to bring to light the stories of survivors, their journeys of healing, and the therapeutic value of writing and performing arts. A collaboration by four Indigenous writers and scholars steeped in values of Indigenous ethics and editing practices, the volume features
Manuel
's most famous play, "Strength of Indian Women"--First performed in 1992 and still one of the most important literary works to deal with the trauma of residential schools-along with an assemblage of plays, written between the late 1980s until
Manuel
's untimely passing in 2010, that were performed but never before published. The volume also includes three previously unpublished short stories written in 1988, poetry written over three decades in a variety of venues, and a 1987 college essay that draws on family and community interviews on the effects of residential schools."--From publisher.
Genre:
Short stories, Indigenous.
Other authors:
Patki, Kulilu.
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Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
819.8 M294h
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