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What is the future of humanity? What does it mean to be 'human' in
the posthuman age? What responsibility does humankind have towards
others and their environments? How are the stories that humans tell
themselves implicated in the very power asymmetries and
eco-political challenges that they bemoan? Taking a
cross-disciplinary approach to the posthuman age, the essays in
this collection speak to the multifaceted geographies and
counter-geographies of humanity, probing into the possible futures
we face as planetary species. Some of these include: ecological
issues generated by centuries of neglecting our environment(s);
power asymmetries stemming from economic and cultural
globalization; violence and its affective politics informed by
cultural, ethnic, and racial genocides; religious disputes; social
inequities produced by consumerism; gender normativity; and the
increasing impact of digital and AI (artificial intelligence)
technology on the human body, as well as historical,
socio-political, not to mention ethical relations.
What is the future of humanity? What does it mean to be 'human' in
the posthuman age? What responsibility does humankind have towards
others and their environments? How are the stories that humans tell
themselves implicated in the very power asymmetries and
eco-political challenges that they bemoan? Taking a
cross-disciplinary approach to the posthuman age, the essays in
this collection speak to the multifaceted geographies and
counter-geographies of humanity, probing into the possible futures
we face as planetary species. Some of these include: ecological
issues generated by centuries of neglecting our environment(s);
power asymmetries stemming from economic and cultural
globalization; violence and its affective politics informed by
cultural, ethnic, and racial genocides; religious disputes; social
inequities produced by consumerism; gender normativity; and the
increasing impact of digital and AI (artificial intelligence)
technology on the human body, as well as historical,
socio-political, not to mention ethical relations.
Double-Voicing the Canadian Short Story is the first comparative
study of eight internationally and nationally acclaimed writers of
short fiction: Sandra Birdsell, Timothy Findley, Jack Hodgins,
Thomas King, Alistair MacLeod, Olive Senior, Carol Shields and Guy
Vanderhaeghe. With the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature going to
Alice Munro, the "master of the contemporary short story," this art
form is receiving the recognition that has been its due and-as this
book demonstrates-Canadian writers have long excelled in it. From
theme to choice of narrative perspective, from emphasis on irony,
satire and parody to uncovering the multiple layers that make up
contemporary Canadian English, the short story provides a powerful
vehicle for a distinctively Canadian "double-voicing". The stories
discussed here are compelling reflections on our most intimate
roles and relationships and Kruk offers a thoughtful juxtaposition
of themes of gender, mothers and sons, family storytelling,
otherness in Canada and the politics of identity to name but a few.
As a multi-author study, Double-Voicing the Canadian Short Story is
broad in scope and its readings are valuable to Canadian literature
as a whole, making the book of interest to students of Canadian
literature or the short story, and to readers of both.
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