Kathleen Venema

Broschiertes Buch

Bird-Bent Grass

A Memoir, in Pieces

Beschreibung

Chronicles an extraordinary mother-daughter relationship that spans distance, time, and, eventually, debilitating illness. Personal, familial, and political narratives unfold through the letters that Geeske Venema-de Jong and her daughter exchanged during the late 1980s and through their weekly conversations.

Autor

Kathleen Venema spent several years as a junior-high teacher in northern Manitoba before joining a teacher-training college in post-civil-war Uganda. Now an associate professor of English at the University of Winnipeg, she publishes on early Canadian exploration texts and imperial women's letters; researches narratives of conflict, aging, disability, and care; and pursues a lifelong interest in transformative pedagogy.

Produktdetails

• Life Writing
• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 135mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781771122900
• ISBN-10: 1771122900
• Artikelnr.: 45720980