Ecstasy of rita joe

George Ryga

Ecstasy of rita joe - Canada Talon Books 2017 - 112p. PB 21.5x14cm.

Rita Joe is a Native girl who leaves the reservation for the city only to die on skid row as a victim of white men’s violence and paternalistic attitudes towards First Nations peoples. As perhaps the best-known contemporary Canadian play and a poetic drama of enormous theatrical power The Ecstasy of Rita Joe had a major influence in awakening consciousness to the “Indian problem” both in whites and Natives themselves.


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American Drama

812.54 / RYGE