Physicality, Landscape, Language … Home: Locating and Connecting to Place in David Bouchard’s ‘Cultural Books’

Authors

  • Joanie Crandall University of Saskatchewan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20360/G29W9N

Keywords:

Reading, New Literacies, Bouchard, Michif, Cree, Delaware, Kwak’wala, Mi’kmaq, Ojibwe, Ojibway, Innu, Lenape, First Nations, Canadian, cultural texts, dual language texts, picture books, history, environment, citizenship, social justice

Abstract

David Bouchard bridges cultures in his dual language oeuvre. Through notions of the physical and the Canadian landscape, and in First Nations, Michif, and European-descended languages, Bouchard is able to create narratives of place through poetry, storytelling, and descriptive chirography. The texts, which are complemented by prominent First Nations artists’ illustrations and music, embody Bouchard’s reclamation of his cultural heritages for himself and his daughter.

Author Biography

Joanie Crandall, University of Saskatchewan

Joanie Crandall

Coordinator

Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Justice Studies

University of Saskatchewan

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Published

2017-10-31

How to Cite

Crandall, J. (2017). Physicality, Landscape, Language … Home: Locating and Connecting to Place in David Bouchard’s ‘Cultural Books’. Language and Literacy, 19(4), 96–111. https://doi.org/10.20360/G29W9N

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (2017)

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Articles

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