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Hairy Situations: Drag, Performance, and Gender Binaries

From: Decolonize Drag

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Khubchandani discusses drag in the context of gender constructs and gender expression. This reading explores how drag culture has been colonized through its popularization in a capitalist society … 38 $3.80 Add
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Introduction

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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An introduction from the collections three editors. ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Locating and Re-locating

From: At Home

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Chapter 1 focuses on author and artist Lezli Rubin-Kunda, who speaks on her own experiences with belonging, her art, and her sense of home as both a Canadian and Israeli. 13 $1.30 Add
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Reclaiming Our Grandmothers in Monique Mojica’s Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots and Birdwoman and the Suffragettes: a Story of Sacajawea

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

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The second chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada examines the following works: Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots by Monique Mojica, and Birdwoman and the Suffragettes: the … 40 $4.00 Add
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Setting the Parameters

From: Doing Respectful Research

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Sight and Site on the Line

The Cultural Imaginary of Borderlands in North America

From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization

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This chapter considers contemporary art and media projects located in North American border regions in the last decade and their role as critical practices and forms of translocal resistance … 22 $2.20 Add
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Taking the Image

Part I

From: The Imaginary Indian

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The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie. 25 $2.50 Add
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Taking the Image

Part I

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie. The author opens part I of … 25 $0.50 Add
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The Sister with a Hammer

Part I

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

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Part one of Sister with a Hammer focuses on the life of Mother Joseph (born Esther Pariseau) a Catholic nun who is representative of the nameless pioneer women who helped to build nineteenth … ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Work With What You Have at Hand

From: Common Threads

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In most environmental stewardship practice, conversations about invasive and native species are inclined to dualistic thinking: invasive plant = bad. But what if invasive species could be useful … 10 $1.00 Add
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Beyond Gender: Race, Realness, and What Counts as Drag

From: Decolonize Drag

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Khubchandani examines drag in the context of race, ethnicity, location, class, and physical abilities. This chapter discusses the ballroom scene, the concept of "realness" in regards to … 28 $2.80 Add
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Building for Change From the Ground Up

From: Common Threads

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Beyond food, what if we began to make some of the things that we need for ourselves again as a cultural and social norm? And what if our cities and towns supported this behavior; what would that … 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 2: A National Mystery, 1962

Part One: An Art History Mystery

From: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case

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In 1962 the Canadian art market is flooded with forgeries of Group of Seven paintings available at auction causing concern from police, art critics and the public. 14 $1.40 Add
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Community and Resistance in Marie Clements’ The Unnatural and Accidental Women and Now Look What You Made Me Do

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

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The third chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada looks at the works of Marie Clements, including The Unnatural and Accidental Woman, and Now Look What You Made Me Do. The chapter … 36 $3.60 Add
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Language Medicine

Land and Language: Section 1

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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This chapter explores the author’s relationship to his native Sámi language. Topics discussed include colonial language, family language (language spoken at home), self identification, … 4 $0.40 Add
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No Place Like Home

From: At Home

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Chapter 2 features interviews with Simon Frank, Nicole Fournier, and Susan Feindel. The chapter focuses on artists who live in and create art out of their childhood surroundings. 21 $2.10 Add