Contacting the dead: echoes from the Haisla diaspora in Eden Robinson's "Monkey Beach"

dc.contributor.authorMoore, Gerard Joshua
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMedoro, Dana (English, Film, and Theatre) Eigenbrod, Renate (Native Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorCariou, Warren (English, Film, and Theatre)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-12T14:04:00Z
dc.date.available2011-09-12T14:04:00Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-12
dc.degree.disciplineEnglish, Film and Theatreen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this thesis was to posit an explanation of recurrent liminal imagery in Eden Robinson’s novel Monkey Beach by exploring the ways that the text can be read as an expression of diasporic awareness. The Haisla in Monkey Beach experience a form of exile that is atypical because it occurs within the limits of their homeland. This thesis explores the dimensions of this exile by examining the ways that the Haisla community’s connection to its homeland has been altered in the wake of colonial contact. What this study revealed is that although Monkey Beach exposes disruptions in the connections between the Haisla and their homeland, the adaptation of Aboriginal storytelling techniques to the form of the novel represents both a positive continuation of indigenous traditions and an active resistance of cultural erasure.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2011en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/4883
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Literatureen_US
dc.subjectDiasporaen_US
dc.subjectResidential Schoolsen_US
dc.titleContacting the dead: echoes from the Haisla diaspora in Eden Robinson's "Monkey Beach"en_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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