A Short History of the Blockade
Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Description
In A Short History of the Blockade, award-winning writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson uses Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg stories, storytelling aesthetics, and practices to explore the generative nature of Indigenous blockades through our relative, the beaver—or in Nishnaabemowin, Amik. Moving through genres, shifting through time, amikwag stories become a lens for the life-giving possibilities of dams and the world-building possibilities of blockades, deepening our understanding of Indigenous resistance as both a negation and an affirmation. Widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation, Simpson’s work breaks open the intersections between politics, story, and song, bringing audiences into a rich and layered world of sound, light, and sovereign creativity. A Short History of the Blockade reveals how the practice of telling stories is also a culture of listening, “a thinking through together,” and ultimately, like the dam or the blockade, an affirmation of life.
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Rights Information
World rights available.
Author Biography
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, scholar, and musician, and a member of Alderville First Nation in Ontario. She is the author of six previous books. Her newest novel is Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies and her latest album is Theory of Ice. Simpson is on the faculty at the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher University of Alberta Press
- Publication Date February 2021
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781772125382
- Publication Country or regionCanada
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 12.99 CAD
- Pages88
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2021
- Page size5.25x9
- Biblio NotesForeword/liminaire, introduction
- SeriesCLC Kreisel Lecture Series
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