A woman reading the river : the Saskatchewan as a contact zone

Title: A woman reading the river : the Saskatchewan as a contact zone
Variant title:
  • Une femme lisant la rivière : la Saskatchewan comme zone de contact
Source document: The Central European journal of Canadian studies. 2021, vol. 16, iss. [1], pp. 93-105
Extent
93-105
  • ISSN
    1213-7715 (print)
    2336-4556 (online)
Type: Article
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Abstract(s)
This review article offers an interpretation of Myrna Kostash's travelogue Reading the River: A Traveller's Companion to the North Saskatchewan (2005) as an exploration of the contact zone as defined by Mary Louise Pratt (2008). The North Saskatchewan River is seen as "the space of imperial encounters" between Indigenous Peoples and European settlers, observed by a female traveler across the barrier of time. The aim of this piece is to point to a particular geographical feature as a zone of cultural contact within a chronological approach.
Cette synthèse propose une interprétation du récit de voyage de Myrna Kostash Reading the River: A Traveller's Companion to the North Saskatchewan (2005) comme une exploration de la zone de contact telle que définie par Mary Louise Pratt (2008). La rivière Saskatchewan Nord est tenue pour « un espace de rencontres impériales » entre les peuples autochtones et les colons européens, observé par une voyageuse à travers la barrière du temps. L'objectif de cet article est de relever une certaine particularité géographique en tant que zone de contact culturel par le biais d'une approche chronologique.
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