The Canada

Summary: This hybrid research article/three-act play explores the practices and creators of transfeminism for children, and their role in art-based research, criticism, and pedagogy in the field of queer- and trans-affirming childhood studies. It presents three acts of transfeminism for children, focusing on the representation and experiences of feminine boys and trans girls, and how they challenge cis-normative norms and create a sense of girlhood.

JEUNESSE-YOUNG PEOPLE TEXTS CULTURES (2023)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Reading (Re)conciliation in White Settler and Chinese Canadian Narratives: From Liberal towards Transformative Approaches

Petra Fachinger

Summary: This article examines how four settler narratives position themselves within the reconciliation discourse in response to the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. It shows the varying degrees of critical reflection on the settler colonial state and differences in acknowledgement of Indigenous resurgence among these narratives. The article adopts a framework that distinguishes between liberal reconciliation and transformative reconciliation to understand these differences.

JOURNAL OF CANADIAN STUDIES-REVUE D ETUDES CANADIENNES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Writing in Their Time: A Queer and Feminist Analysis of Vancouver's 1979 Writing in Our Time Series

Mathieu Aubin

Summary: This article explores the impact of the 1979 "Writing in Our Time" series on the literary scene in Vancouver, particularly on gay male and female writers. By analyzing the history of the series and researching printed publications, oral histories, and audiovisual documentation, the author argues that the series, while supporting gay male writers, further marginalized female writers.

JOURNAL OF CANADIAN STUDIES-REVUE D ETUDES CANADIENNES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

The Manual of Disaster: Creativity, Preparedness, and Writing the Emergency Room

Andrea Charise et al.

Summary: This article critically examines the discourse of creativity at the intersection of health and humanities, focusing on the emergent role of creativity's preparatory capacity in healthcare and illness narratives. Through the analysis of various emergency scenarios, particularly in Jay Baruch's short-story collection, the article explores the implications of these creative deployments for the future of literary studies.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO QUARTERLY (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Acts of Faith: The Postmigrant Theatre of David Yee

Ric Knowles

Summary: This essay argues that David Yee's mixed-race Asian Canadian plays constitute a Canadian version of postmigrant theatre, where immigrant and racialized characters are not limited to their ethnic roles. Yee's works stand out from the immigrant family drama that characterizes many of the first generation plays by Asian Canadians, as well as the cosmopolitan migrant plays marked by displacement and divided subjectivities. Grounded in Christian theological virtues and Buddhist philosophy, Yee's award-winning works require an engaged audience investment.

JOURNAL OF CANADIAN STUDIES-REVUE D ETUDES CANADIENNES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

American Borderlands: Reflections on Margins, Mainstreams, and Alternatives

Elizabeth Jameson

Summary: This article, written as a keynote for the 2018 CAAS conference, analyzes American mainstreams and alternatives by drawing on the author's personal experience, historical research, and American art and fiction. It explores who defines the mainstream, questions the authenticity of mainstream accounts, and highlights the importance of marginalized voices in reshaping historical narratives.

CANADIAN REVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDIES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Refashioning Noir: Do Dead Girls Still Live in L.A.?

Susan Ingram

Summary: This article compares two works picked by celebrity book clubs in the summer of 2018 on the topic of violence inflicted on beautiful young bodies of those who identify as female. It analyzes the different forms of artistic representation and explores their role in resisting or supporting the biopolitical control of objectified and gendered life.

CANADIAN REVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDIES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Jennifer Haley's The Nether: Transhumanism in the Post-Internet World

Yasser Fouad Selim

Summary: This article discusses how the play "The Nether" confuses the notion of reality in a digitized world and explores the ethical and moral consequences of transcending the human condition in a post-Internet environment. The article also investigates how the play utilizes realistic virtuality to perform the idea of transhumanism on stage.

CANADIAN REVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDIES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

The Mainstreaming of American Queer Cinema

Susan Lonac

Summary: Since 2016, American queer cinema has transitioned from the margins to the mainstream, a shift that has actually been occurring over several decades. This article explores the implications of the mainstreaming of queer cinema and the position of key films within the cinematic and social landscape. It argues that divergent political viewpoints on this mainstreaming can coexist and even complement each other.

CANADIAN REVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDIES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Liberal Containment in Marvel Movies of the Trump Era

Shama Rangwala

Summary: Marvel films in the MCU not only acknowledge the crises of our time, but also critique issues like colonialism, imperialism, patriarchy, and eventually offer individualized solutions instead of systemic ones.

CANADIAN REVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDIES (2022)

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Article Literature, African, Australian, Canadian

Parodies of Manhood Bent: Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Queer Verona

Jacqueline Petropoulos

STUDIES IN CANADIAN LITERATURE-ETUDES EN LITTERATURE CANADIENNE (2022)

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Article Literature, African, Australian, Canadian

Queer Parenting and the Challenge to Queer Theory

Chris Roulston

STUDIES IN CANADIAN LITERATURE-ETUDES EN LITTERATURE CANADIENNE (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

The Dialectics of Experience: Eliot's and Adorno's Constructions of Modernism as Responses to the Crisis of Modernity

Amr Elsherif

Summary: The return to immediate experience in response to the crisis of modernity is compared through the accounts of T.S. Eliot and Theodor Adorno, exploring the role that art can play in restoring experience.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO QUARTERLY (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

The Culture of Poetics and the Poetics of Culture of Marshall McLuhan - Toronto and Canada, Text and Context

Jonathan Locke Hart

Summary: This article discusses Marshall McLuhan's idea of Canada and his work on poetry, poetics, technology, culture, and nature. McLuhan sees connections between Canada and the United States, as well as distinctions, and his contributions to the debate on Canadian identity are deemed thoughtful and far-reaching.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO QUARTERLY (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

A Provocative Reading of The Waves: Virginia Woolf's Biography of a Generation

Kathleen Wall

Summary: Woolf's novel "The Waves" is considered difficult for readers but also popular, selling ten thousand copies in its first few months. The novel delves into the inner lives of characters, representing a biography of the generation and exploring human experiences at different stages of life.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO QUARTERLY (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Tracing One Warm Line: Climate Stories and Silences in Northwest Passage Tourism

Jenny Kerber

JOURNAL OF CANADIAN STUDIES-REVUE D ETUDES CANADIENNES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Differently: Alice Munro and the North American 1960s

Robert Milder

Summary: Alice Munro explores the impact of the 1960s on women of her generation, depicting her own perspectives and experiences through fictional characters. Despite being apolitical as a writer, the political issues within her marriage influenced her works significantly.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO QUARTERLY (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Healing Intergenerational Trauma through Cultural Reclamation in David Alexander Robertson's Cree-Centric Retelling of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Petra Fachinger

Summary: This article explores how David Alexander Robertson's YA novel The Barren Grounds retells C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe from a Cree perspective, emphasizing the significance of cultural reclamation for healing intergenerational trauma. By adopting nation-specific Indigenous knowledge as a framework for reading this literature, it recognizes children's rights to an inclusive education.

JEUNESSE-YOUNG PEOPLE TEXTS CULTURES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Blood in the Water: Jewell Parker Rhodes's Bayou Magic as Children's Petrofiction

Lara Saguisag

Summary: Jewell Parker Rhodes's Bayou Magic explores the challenges of discussing oil with children and the environmental impact of oil spills. The novel sidesteps the issue of our dependence on oil but emphasizes the need for imaginative solutions through its allusion to the African deity Mami Wata.

JEUNESSE-YOUNG PEOPLE TEXTS CULTURES (2022)

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Review Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Us Weirdos Have to Stick Together: The Owl House, Family, Diversity, and the Grotesque

Christina Fawcett

JEUNESSE-YOUNG PEOPLE TEXTS CULTURES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Contagious Minorities: Chinese Canadians during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chandrima Chakraborty

Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has witnessed a surge in racial violence against Chinese Canadians, treating other Asian Canadians as carriers of the disease as well. This reflects the persistence of latent fears about Chinese Canadians across generations, immigration status, and national origin. This essay examines the historical knowledge generated by colonial administrators and its impact on public policy and discourse in Canada, emphasizing the importance of understanding the historical legacies of racism to intervene in structural racism and ensure justice and equity in multicultural Canada.

JOURNAL OF CANADIAN STUDIES-REVUE D ETUDES CANADIENNES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Crossing Cultures and the Poetic Worlds of Forrest Gander, Thomas King, and Margaret Atwood

Jonathan Locke Hart

Summary: This review article discusses the poetry and poetics of Forrest Gander, Thomas King, and Margaret Atwood, three major American poets who cross poetic, cultural, and linguistic bounds. The article explores their works and highlights how these poets express beauty, understanding, and wisdom in a world that often lacks poetry. The natural world and human emotions, particularly grief and loss, are central themes in their collections.

CANADIAN REVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDIES (2022)

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Article Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Colonial Archives in Austin Clarke's The Polished Hoe: In and on the Body of Mary-Mathilda

Marietta Kosma

Summary: This article delves into narratives of sexual violence, commodification, and objectification of the Black female body in a patriarchal context, through the intersectionality of race, class, and gender. By examining the actions of characters in the novel, it presents the ways in which Black women can attain radical agency in a complex power structure.

CANADIAN REVIEW OF AMERICAN STUDIES (2021)

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