Masculine Migrations: Reading the Postcolonial Male in New Canadian Narratives

by Daniel Coleman

Book Overview

This book examines the representation of masculinities in the fictions and autobiographies of some of Canada's most exciting writers, including Austin Clarke, Dany Laferri?re, Neil Bissoondath, Michael Ondaatje, Ven Begamudr?, and Rohinton Mistry, to show how cross-cultural migration disrupts assumed codes for masculine behaviour and practice. It is the first book-length study of masculinities in Canadian literature and also the first to discuss...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802081029
• ISBN13: 9780802081025
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher