A History of My Brief Body [electronic resource]
Billy-Ray Belcourt2021
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Billy-Ray Belcourt's collection of personal essays opens with a tender letter to
his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and
on the Driftpile Cree Nation. From there, it expands to encompass the big and
broken world around him, in all its complexity and contradictions: a legacy of
colonial violence and the joy that flourishes in spite of it, first loves and
first loves lost, sexual exploration and intimacy, and the act of writing as a
survival instinct and a way to grieve. What emerges is not only a profound
meditation on memory, gender, anger, shame and ecstasy, but also the outline of
a way forward. With startling honesty, and in a voice distinctly and assuredly
his own, Belcourt situates his life experiences within a constellation of
seminal queer texts, among which this book is sure to earn its place.
Eye-opening, intensely emotional and excessively quotable, A History of My Brief
Body demonstrates over and over again the power of wo...
Main title:
A History of My Brief Body [electronic resource] / Billy-Ray Belcourt
Author:
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : University of Queensland Press, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (192 pages,)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780702265198
Language:
English
BRN:
435780
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |