Capturing Women: The Manipulation of Cultural Imagery in Canada's Prairie West (McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series)
By Sarah A. Carter.
Description
Consisting of a series of stories, events, and episodes, the book highlights shifting patterns, attitudes, and perspectives toward women in the Prairies. One of Carter's overarching themes is that women are seldom in a position to invent or project their own images, identities, or ideas of themselves, nor are they free to fully author their own texts. Focusing on captivity narratives, a popular genre in the United States that has received little attention in Canada, Carter looks at depictions of white women as victims of Aboriginal aggressors and explores the veracity of a number of ac...
ISBN(s)
0773516565, 9780773516564
