{"product_id":"the-emma-larocque-reader-on-being-human-paperback-softback-9781487551889","title":"The Emma LaRocque Reader; On Being Human (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487551889","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Emma LaRocque Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOn Being Human\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElaine Coburn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487551889\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEmma LaRocque was born in 1949 in Lac La Biche into a Cree-speaking Métis family. She grew up in a one-room, kerosene-lit log cabin built by her father. At the age of nine, she fought her parents to attend school, where she encountered English and the colonizer’s harmful stereotypes of Indigenous peoples. Confronting the contradictions of colonialism sparked her journey as a writer and scholar, as she sought to understand the dissonance between her identity and the world around her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Emma LaRocque Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive collection of her most significant writings, poetry and prose, offering an intimate window into the mind of one of Canada’s foremost Indigenous scholars. Through her work, LaRocque provides profound insights into the intersections of colonialism, sexism, and racism in Canada, while also critically celebrating the beauty of her community and culture. In the afterword, she reflects on fifty years of challenging the colonial enterprise. A vital contribution to postcolonial literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Emma LaRocque Reader\u003c\/em\u003e intertwines the personal and the political to explore what it means to be human, offering a powerful testament to Indigenous resistance, resilience, and vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Armand Ruffo\u003cbr\u003ePreface by Elaine Coburn\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments by Emma LaRocque\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments of Permissions to Reprint\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Elaine Coburn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1975 A Personal Essay on Poverty (Excerpt from Defeathering the Indian)\u003cbr\u003e1983 The Métis in English Canadian Literature \u003cbr\u003e1988 On the Ethics of Publishing Historical Documents\u003cbr\u003e1989 Racism Runs through Canadian Society\u003cbr\u003e1990 Preface: Here Are Our Voices: Who Will Hear?\u003cbr\u003e1990 Geese (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1990 Nostalgia (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1990 “Progress” (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1990 The Red in Winter (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1990 Incongruence (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1990 Loneliness (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1990 Beggar (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1990 Tides, Towns, and Trains \u003cbr\u003e1992 My Hometown, Northern Canada, South Africa (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1993 Violence in Aboriginal Communities\u003cbr\u003e1994 Long Way from Home (poem)\u003cbr\u003e1996 The Colonization of a Native Woman Scholar \u003cbr\u003e1996 When the Other Is Me: Native Writers Confronting Canadian Literature \u003cbr\u003e2001 Native Identity and the Métis: Otehpayimsuak Peoples\u003cbr\u003e2001 From the Land to the Classroom \u003cbr\u003e2004 When the Wild West Is Me \u003cbr\u003e2006 Sweeping (poem)\u003cbr\u003e2006 Sources of Inspiration: The Birth of \"For the Love of Words\": Aboriginal Writers of Canada\u003cbr\u003e2007 Métis and Feminist\u003cbr\u003e2009 Reflections on Cultural Continuity through Aboriginal Women’s Writings\u003cbr\u003e2010 Native Writers Reconstruct: Pushing Paradigms \u003cbr\u003e2013 For the Love of Place – Not Just Any Place: Selected Métis Writings \u003cbr\u003e2015 “Resist No Longer”: Reflections on Resistance Writing and Teaching \u003cbr\u003e2016 Contemporary Métis Literature: Resistance, Roots, Innovation \u003cbr\u003e2016 Colonialism Lived \u003cbr\u003e2017 Powerlines (poem) \u003cbr\u003e2022 Wehsakehcha, Comics, Shakespeare, and the Dictionary \u003cbr\u003e2023 Afterword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595945996568,"sku":"9781487551889","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-emma-larocque-reader-on-being-human-paperback-softback-9781487551889","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}