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.
9780889220003
American Drama
812.54 / RYGE
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.
9780889220003
American Drama
812.54 / RYGE