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The Riel Problem
Albert Braz
其他書名
Canada, the Métis, and a Resistant Hero
出版University of Alberta, 2024-04
主題History / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)History / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Literary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasLiterary Criticism / CanadianSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / Canadian StudiesSocial Science / Indigenous Studies
ISBN17721273379781772127331
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hv4MEQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Tracing Louis Riel’s metamorphosis from traitor to hero, Braz argues that, through his writing, Riel resists his portrayal as both a Canadian patriot and a pan-Indigenous leader. After being hanged for high treason in 1885, the Métis politician, poet, and mystic has emerged as a quintessential Canadian champion. The Riel Problem maps this representational shift by examining a series of cultural and scholarly commemorations of Riel since 1967, from a large-scale opera about his life, through the publication of his extant writings, to statues erected in his honour. Braz also probes how aspects of Riel’s life and writing can be problematic for many contemporary Métis artists, scholars, and civic leaders. Analyzing representations of Riel in light of his own writings, the author exposes both the constructedness of the Canadian nation-state and the magnitude of the current historical revisionism when dealing with Riel.