| Cultural Mischief: A Practical Guide to Multiculturalism Contributor(s): Davey, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889223645 ISBN-13: 9780889223646 Publisher: Talonbooks OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1996 Annotation: Cultural Mischief is collection of prose poems on the hyperbolic absurdities of multiculturalism in action. Whether digging up the midden under Greg Curnoe's house, revisiting Hiroshima, attending a dog breeders' show, or retelling the history of Quebec from the points of view of its founding nations, the Mohawks and Algonquins, Davey delivers startling vignettes at their funniest and most thoughtful. This book is delightfully -- and deceptively -- simple. It provides the reader at one and the same time the most exquisitely enjoyable bedtime reading, and a wake-up call with a better hit than the best designer espresso. "Cultural Mischief is a doggedly raucous, downright waggish guide to off-leash culture. Davey's texts, exemplary in their ironies, modestly explode pomposity, terminal narcissism, and the discontents of 'qui a peur' multicultural paranoia. Hurrah for mischief". -- Aritha van Herk |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Epic - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 809.897 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.03" W x 6.04" (0.33 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cultural Mischief is a collection of prose poems on the hyperbolic absurdities of multiculturalism in action. Whether digging up the midden under Greg Curnoe's house, revisiting Hiroshima, attending a dog breeder's show or retelling the history of Quebec from the point of view of its founding nations, the Mohawks and Algonquins, Davey delivers startling vignettes at their funniest and most thoughtful. This book is delightfully--and deceptively--simple. It provides the reader at one and the same time the most exquisitely enjoyable bedtime reading, and a wake-up call with a better hit than the best designer espresso. |
