Ecstasy of rita joe

By:

George Ryga

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Canada Talon Books 2017Description: 112p. PB 21.5x14cmISBN:

9780889220003

Subject(s):

American Drama

DDC classification:

23 812.54 RYGE

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	St Aloysius PG Library	MA English	812.54 RYGE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	PG023866

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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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