Fine Red Threads: Dislocation and Identity in Lisa Bird-Wilson’s Just Pretending

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1 octobre 2020

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Commonwealth Essays and Studies

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Lisa Bird-Wilson Canadian literature Métis literature

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Alison Calder, « Fine Red Threads: Dislocation and Identity in Lisa Bird-Wilson’s Just Pretending », Commonwealth Essays and Studies, ID : 10.4000/ces.2207

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This paper examines Canadian Métis author Lisa Bird-Wilson’s short story collection Just Pretending in light of “race shifting” as identified by Darryl Leroux in Distorted Descent. Against a model of Métis identity that is based purely on distant genealogical connections and self-identification, Bird-Wilson’s collection suggests that Métis identity is inseparable from community relationships and responsibilities. Images of “fine red threads” in these stories refer not only to veins, but also to storylines that can counter dispossession and homelessness.

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