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  • Beautiful landscape, drinking and fighting. Stereotypes of the Irish abroad

    by Aaron Matthiesen ...
    Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Cultural Studies - European Studies, grade: 1,7, Institute of Technology, Tralee, language: English, abstract: Essay (in englischer Sprache) über verschiedene Stereotypen über Irland und Iren, deren Entstehung, Bedeutung und Erscheinen in verschiedenen Medien im Lauf der Jahrhunderte. "This paper examines stereotypes about the Irish from the perspective of ... Read more

    $6.61 USD

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    A great read and an excellent teaching tool for National Indigenous History Month!Learn about the history of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples in Canada from Confederation to the Oka Crisis and beyond in this Indigenous graphic novel anthology for young adults.Explore 150 years of history through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully ... Read more

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  • Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour

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  • Vantage Points

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  • May Day

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    by Robin Folvik, Mark Leier, Sean Carleton, Graphic History Collective ...
    May Day: A Graphic History of Protest traces the development of International Workers’ Day, May 1st, against the ever-changing economic and political backdrop in Canada. Recognizing the importance of work and the historical struggles of workers to improve their lives, with a particular focus on the struggles of May 1st, the comic includes the reader as part of this history, and the story concludes ... Read more

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  • Detecting Canada

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    Edited by Jeannette Sloniowski, Marilyn Rose ...
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    The first serious book-length study of crime writing in Canada, Detecting Canada Canada’s most popular crime writers, including Peter Robinson, Giles Blunt, Gail Bowen, Thomas King, Michael Slade, Margaret Atwood, and Anthony Bidulka.Genres examined range from the well-loved police procedural and the amateur sleuth to those less well known, such as anti-detection and contemporary noir novels. The ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature

    by Belinda Wheeler, Michael R. Griffiths, Nichola Jose, Oliver Haag, Paula Anca Farca, Stuart Cooke, Theodore Sheckels, Andrew King, Danica Cerce, Jeanine Leane0, Jennifer Jones1, Katrin Althans2, Martina Horakova3, Maryrose Casey4 ...
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  • A Companion to the Works of Kim Scott

    by Belinda Wheeler, Natalie Quinlivan, Nathanael Pree, Per Henningsgaard, Roger Osborne, Rosalie Thackrah, Sandra Thompson, Tony Hughes-d'Aeth, Arindam Das, Brenda Machosky0, Christine Choo1, Gillian Whitlock2, Jeanine Leane3, Lisa Slater4, Lydia Saleh Rofail5 ...
    Since the mid-1980s there has been a sharp rise in the number of literary publications by Indigenous Australians and in the readership and impact of those works. One contemporary Aboriginal Australian author who continues to makea contribution to both the Australian and the global canon is Kim Scott (1957-). Scott has won many awards, including Australia's highest, the prestigious Miles Franklin ... Read more

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    by Catherine M. Eagan, Sean Griffin, Natasha Casey, Maria Pramaggiore ...
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