This book focusses on the plays of George Ryga by applying
Post-colonial theory. The book studies the plays of Ryga in the
light of the argument that as a product of a multicultural society
the plays critique the national policy of Canada and have played an
important role in sensitizing the Canadian society about the
problems of natives and other ethnoracial minorities. George Ryga
(1932-1987) produced his work at a time when the question about a
viable Canadian national identity was gaining momentum. As a
marginalized Ukrainian Canadian Ryga was well aware of the bias
inherent in the Canadian national and multicultural policy. His
plays are strong statements of resistance against Canadian
nationalism. Ryga's plays embody a discourse about the silent
strategies of suppression adopted by the Canadian government to
marginalize the natives as well as the ethnic minorities of Canada.
The chapters of the book will scrutinize the ways in which this
discourse has been used by Ryga. How does he address racial and
cultural differences? How do the plays bring out the dialectics of
Canadian nationalism? sentation.
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