Pens of Many Colours, (Canadian) - 3rd edition
Pens of Many Colours, (Canadian) - 3rd edition
ISBN13: 9780774737678
ISBN10: 0774737670
Edition: 3RD 02
Copyright: 2002
Publisher: Nelson Thomson Learning
Published: 2002
International: No
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Summary
Now in its third edition, this multicultural reader has changed to suit current concerns about Canadian cultural and social diversity. New topics include gender, borders and displacement. Organized thematically, students will find poetry, fiction and non-fiction that speak to current issues and concerns. A rhetorical table of contents also demonstrates rhetorical modes and concepts.
Benefits
- Reflects a broad spectrum of diversity: social, class, gender, sexuality, language.
- Reflects the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural make-up of Canadian society
- Suitable as a cross-cultural thematic reader.
- Includes a variety of genres: fiction, essay, oral history, poetry and dub poetry.
- Includes author biographies in for every selection.
- "Topics for exploration" are included for each selection.
Author Bio
Karpinski, Eva C. : Seneca College
Table of Contents
UNIT ONE: FIRST CONTACT/BEGINNINGS/MIGRATIONS
Introduction Margaret Atwood, The Immigrants Pauline Johnson, As It Was in the Beginning Susanna Moodie, A Visit to Grosse Isle Lyse Champagne, Bits and Pieces of the Past Joy Mannett, My Dearest Child Denise Chong, from The Concubine's Children Helga (Kutz-Harder) Mills, Breaking the Barriers: Refugee Women in Canada
UNIT TWO: CHALLENGES/RACISM/DISCRIMINATION
Introduction Michelle La Flamme, You White Boy Pat Deiter-McArthur (Day Women), Saskatchewan's Indian People-Five Generations Joy Kogawa, from Itsuka Joanne Arnott, Speak Out, For Example Henry Martey Codjoe, Can Blacks Be Racist? Reflections On Being 'Too Black and African' Vinita Srivastava, Grappling
UNIT THREE: LANGUAGE/CULTURE/DISPLACEMENT
Introduction Christl Verduyn, Entranced Eva Hoffman, from Lost in Translation Genni Gunn, The Middle Ground Garry Engkent, Why My Mother Can't Speak English Basil H. Johnston, One Generation From Extinction Nuzhat Amin, South Englishes, North Englishes
UNIT FOUR: EDUCATION/DIFFERENCE/POWER
Introduction Rita Joe, Who Are You? Carol Geddes, Growing Up native Mehri Yalfani, Newcomer Isabel Vincent, Finding a Nationality That Fits Himani Bannerji, The Other Family David Arnason, Return of the Frogs
UNIT FIVE: GENDER/FAMILIES/RELATIONSHIPS
Introduciton Bernice Lever, Things Unsaid Mordechai Richler, My Father's Life Alistair MacLeod, To Every Thing There Is a Season Frank G. Paci, Mancuso's and Sons Austin Clarke, A Wedding in Toronto Anne Jew, Everyone Talked Loudly in Chinatown Linda Svendsen, White Shoulders
UNIT SIX: WORK/POVERTY/CHOICES
Introduction Chinese Wall Writings Katherine Vlassie, A Bit of Magic Maxine Tynes, In Service Yeshim Ternar, Ajax La-Bas Denny Hunte, The Home Visit Salwa Mohareb Said, Choices Emma LaRocque, A Personal Essay on Poverty
UNIT SEVEN: MAPS/PLACES/MEMORY
Introduction Michael Ondaatje, Letters & Other Worlds Alootook Ipellie, Frobisher Bay Childhood Gabrielle Roy, My Manitoba Heritage Jeannette Armstrong, This Is a Story Dionne Brand, St. Mary's Estate Tomson Highway, The Lover Snake
UNIT EIGHT: BORDERS/IDENTIES/SELVES
Introduction Cyril Dabydee, Multiculturalism Guy Bedard, Quebecitude: An Ambiguous Identity Helen Bajorek MacDonald, A Canadian Passport Sun-Kyung Yi, An Immigrant's Split Personality Drew Hayden Taylor, Pretty Like a White Boy: The Adventures of a Blue Eyed Ojibway David Suzuki, Ancestors-The Genetic Source C. Allyson Lee, An Asian Lesbian's Struggle Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar, Ms Edge Innate
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Now in its third edition, this multicultural reader has changed to suit current concerns about Canadian cultural and social diversity. New topics include gender, borders and displacement. Organized thematically, students will find poetry, fiction and non-fiction that speak to current issues and concerns. A rhetorical table of contents also demonstrates rhetorical modes and concepts.
Benefits
- Reflects a broad spectrum of diversity: social, class, gender, sexuality, language.
- Reflects the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural make-up of Canadian society
- Suitable as a cross-cultural thematic reader.
- Includes a variety of genres: fiction, essay, oral history, poetry and dub poetry.
- Includes author biographies in for every selection.
- "Topics for exploration" are included for each selection.
Karpinski, Eva C. : Seneca College
UNIT ONE: FIRST CONTACT/BEGINNINGS/MIGRATIONS
Introduction Margaret Atwood, The Immigrants Pauline Johnson, As It Was in the Beginning Susanna Moodie, A Visit to Grosse Isle Lyse Champagne, Bits and Pieces of the Past Joy Mannett, My Dearest Child Denise Chong, from The Concubine's Children Helga (Kutz-Harder) Mills, Breaking the Barriers: Refugee Women in Canada
UNIT TWO: CHALLENGES/RACISM/DISCRIMINATION
Introduction Michelle La Flamme, You White Boy Pat Deiter-McArthur (Day Women), Saskatchewan's Indian People-Five Generations Joy Kogawa, from Itsuka Joanne Arnott, Speak Out, For Example Henry Martey Codjoe, Can Blacks Be Racist? Reflections On Being 'Too Black and African' Vinita Srivastava, Grappling
UNIT THREE: LANGUAGE/CULTURE/DISPLACEMENT
Introduction Christl Verduyn, Entranced Eva Hoffman, from Lost in Translation Genni Gunn, The Middle Ground Garry Engkent, Why My Mother Can't Speak English Basil H. Johnston, One Generation From Extinction Nuzhat Amin, South Englishes, North Englishes
UNIT FOUR: EDUCATION/DIFFERENCE/POWER
Introduction Rita Joe, Who Are You? Carol Geddes, Growing Up native Mehri Yalfani, Newcomer Isabel Vincent, Finding a Nationality That Fits Himani Bannerji, The Other Family David Arnason, Return of the Frogs
UNIT FIVE: GENDER/FAMILIES/RELATIONSHIPS
Introduciton Bernice Lever, Things Unsaid Mordechai Richler, My Father's Life Alistair MacLeod, To Every Thing There Is a Season Frank G. Paci, Mancuso's and Sons Austin Clarke, A Wedding in Toronto Anne Jew, Everyone Talked Loudly in Chinatown Linda Svendsen, White Shoulders
UNIT SIX: WORK/POVERTY/CHOICES
Introduction Chinese Wall Writings Katherine Vlassie, A Bit of Magic Maxine Tynes, In Service Yeshim Ternar, Ajax La-Bas Denny Hunte, The Home Visit Salwa Mohareb Said, Choices Emma LaRocque, A Personal Essay on Poverty
UNIT SEVEN: MAPS/PLACES/MEMORY
Introduction Michael Ondaatje, Letters & Other Worlds Alootook Ipellie, Frobisher Bay Childhood Gabrielle Roy, My Manitoba Heritage Jeannette Armstrong, This Is a Story Dionne Brand, St. Mary's Estate Tomson Highway, The Lover Snake
UNIT EIGHT: BORDERS/IDENTIES/SELVES
Introduction Cyril Dabydee, Multiculturalism Guy Bedard, Quebecitude: An Ambiguous Identity Helen Bajorek MacDonald, A Canadian Passport Sun-Kyung Yi, An Immigrant's Split Personality Drew Hayden Taylor, Pretty Like a White Boy: The Adventures of a Blue Eyed Ojibway David Suzuki, Ancestors-The Genetic Source C. Allyson Lee, An Asian Lesbian's Struggle Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar, Ms Edge Innate
Published: 2002
International: No
Summary
Now in its third edition, this multicultural reader has changed to suit current concerns about Canadian cultural and social diversity. New topics include gender, borders and displacement. Organized thematically, students will find poetry, fiction and non-fiction that speak to current issues and concerns. A rhetorical table of contents also demonstrates rhetorical modes and concepts.
Benefits
- Reflects a broad spectrum of diversity: social, class, gender, sexuality, language.
- Reflects the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural make-up of Canadian society
- Suitable as a cross-cultural thematic reader.
- Includes a variety of genres: fiction, essay, oral history, poetry and dub poetry.
- Includes author biographies in for every selection.
- "Topics for exploration" are included for each selection.
Author Bio
Karpinski, Eva C. : Seneca College
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
UNIT ONE: FIRST CONTACT/BEGINNINGS/MIGRATIONS
Introduction Margaret Atwood, The Immigrants Pauline Johnson, As It Was in the Beginning Susanna Moodie, A Visit to Grosse Isle Lyse Champagne, Bits and Pieces of the Past Joy Mannett, My Dearest Child Denise Chong, from The Concubine's Children Helga (Kutz-Harder) Mills, Breaking the Barriers: Refugee Women in Canada
UNIT TWO: CHALLENGES/RACISM/DISCRIMINATION
Introduction Michelle La Flamme, You White Boy Pat Deiter-McArthur (Day Women), Saskatchewan's Indian People-Five Generations Joy Kogawa, from Itsuka Joanne Arnott, Speak Out, For Example Henry Martey Codjoe, Can Blacks Be Racist? Reflections On Being 'Too Black and African' Vinita Srivastava, Grappling
UNIT THREE: LANGUAGE/CULTURE/DISPLACEMENT
Introduction Christl Verduyn, Entranced Eva Hoffman, from Lost in Translation Genni Gunn, The Middle Ground Garry Engkent, Why My Mother Can't Speak English Basil H. Johnston, One Generation From Extinction Nuzhat Amin, South Englishes, North Englishes
UNIT FOUR: EDUCATION/DIFFERENCE/POWER
Introduction Rita Joe, Who Are You? Carol Geddes, Growing Up native Mehri Yalfani, Newcomer Isabel Vincent, Finding a Nationality That Fits Himani Bannerji, The Other Family David Arnason, Return of the Frogs
UNIT FIVE: GENDER/FAMILIES/RELATIONSHIPS
Introduciton Bernice Lever, Things Unsaid Mordechai Richler, My Father's Life Alistair MacLeod, To Every Thing There Is a Season Frank G. Paci, Mancuso's and Sons Austin Clarke, A Wedding in Toronto Anne Jew, Everyone Talked Loudly in Chinatown Linda Svendsen, White Shoulders
UNIT SIX: WORK/POVERTY/CHOICES
Introduction Chinese Wall Writings Katherine Vlassie, A Bit of Magic Maxine Tynes, In Service Yeshim Ternar, Ajax La-Bas Denny Hunte, The Home Visit Salwa Mohareb Said, Choices Emma LaRocque, A Personal Essay on Poverty
UNIT SEVEN: MAPS/PLACES/MEMORY
Introduction Michael Ondaatje, Letters & Other Worlds Alootook Ipellie, Frobisher Bay Childhood Gabrielle Roy, My Manitoba Heritage Jeannette Armstrong, This Is a Story Dionne Brand, St. Mary's Estate Tomson Highway, The Lover Snake
UNIT EIGHT: BORDERS/IDENTIES/SELVES
Introduction Cyril Dabydee, Multiculturalism Guy Bedard, Quebecitude: An Ambiguous Identity Helen Bajorek MacDonald, A Canadian Passport Sun-Kyung Yi, An Immigrant's Split Personality Drew Hayden Taylor, Pretty Like a White Boy: The Adventures of a Blue Eyed Ojibway David Suzuki, Ancestors-The Genetic Source C. Allyson Lee, An Asian Lesbian's Struggle Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar, Ms Edge Innate
