"Drew Hayden Taylor is one of Canada's leading Native playwrights and humorists. He was born on the Curve Lake First Nation, near Peterborough, Ontario. Since 1982 he has lived in Toronto. The product of an Ojibway mother and a white father whom he has never known, he addresses vexed issues of identity, and the many facets of the relation between Native people and whites, with sharp insight and a frequently unsettling sense of humour. He has written for radio, television and, especially, the stage, has directed videos, and has published short stories and four collections of journalistic writings under the running title, Funny, You Don't Look Like One."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-252).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / Robert Nunn -- "How Native is Native if You're Native?": Deconstructions of Authenticity in Drew Hayden Taylor's Performative Project / Birgit Dawes -- Drew Hayden Taylor's alterNatives: Dishing the Dirt / Robert Nunn -- From Copper Woman to Grey Owl to the alterNative Warrior: Exploring Voice and the Need to Connect / Jonathan R. Dewar -- The Spiritual Tourist in the Plays of Drew Hayden Taylor / Kristina Fagan -- Your Hand Weighs Exactly One Pound: Misrecognition and "Indian Humour" in Drew Hayden Taylor's Blue-Eyed Ojibway Series / Rob Appleford -- Introduction to Girl Who Loved Her Horses / Ric Knowles and Monique Mojica -- Interview with Drew Hayden Taylor / Birgit Dawes and Robert Nunn -- Biography of Drew Hayden Taylor.
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