Making believe : questions about Mennonites and art /

"Making Believe responds to a remarkable flowering of art by Mennonites in Canada. After the publication of his first novel in 1962, Rudy Wiebe was the only identifiable Mennonite literary writer in the country. Beginning in the 1970s, the numbers grew rapidly and now include writers Patrick Fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Redekop, Magdalene (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Mennonite art > Canada.
Canadian literature > Mennonite authors > History and criticism.
Music > Canada > History and criticism.
Mennonites > Canada.
Art mennonite > Canada.
Musique > Canada > Histoire et critique.
Canadian literature > Mennonite authors
Mennonite art
Mennonites
Music
Canada
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Apologia
  • Introduction: On Beginnings
  • Part I: Reframing Old Questions
  • Chapter 1. Making Believe: Sparks Flying in the Spielraum
  • Chapter 2. Us and Them: Real Toads in Imaginary Ghettos
  • Interlude One: Clowning with Low German
  • Chapter 3. Resisting Nostalgia: Little Shtahp on the Prairie
  • Part II: Witnessing a New Phenomenon
  • Plates
  • Chapter 4. Locatiion, Dislocation: Harvesting a Literary Bumper Crop
  • Chapter 5. Melos and Logos: Talking About Music
  • Interlude Two: Clowning with Masks
  • Chapter 6. Iconoclash: Redecorating the Spielraum
  • Conclusion: On Endings
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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