{"product_id":"taking-back-our-spirits-indigenous-literature-public-policy-and-healing-paperback","title":"Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJo-Ann Episkenew\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the earliest settler policies to deal with the \"Indian problem,\" to contemporary government-run programs ostensibly designed to help Indigenous people, public policy has played a major role in creating the historical trauma that so greatly impacts the lives of Canada's Aboriginal peoples. \u003cem\u003eTaking Back Our Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e traces the link between Canadian public policies, the injuries they have inflicted on Indigenous people, and Indigenous literature's ability to heal individuals and communities. Episkenew examines contemporary autobiography, fiction, and drama to reveal how these texts respond to and critique public policy, and how literature functions as \"medicine\" to help cure the colonial contagion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129824907399,"sku":"9780887557101","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/66096b402b728e8258a26f9e86ce428a.webp?v=1732606171","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/taking-back-our-spirits-indigenous-literature-public-policy-and-healing-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}