Open AccessPhysicality, Landscape, Language … Home: Locating and Connecting to Place in David Bouchard’s ‘Cultural Books’
Author(s) -
Joanie Crandall
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
language and literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1496-0974
DOI - 10.20360/g29w9n
Subject(s) - poetry , storytelling , narrative , sociology , cultural landscape , art , aesthetics , literature , history , archaeology
David Bouchard bridges cultures in his dual language oeuvre. Through notions of the physical and the Canadian landscape, and in First Nations, Michif, and European-descended languages, Bouchard is able to create narratives of place through poetry, storytelling, and descriptive chirography. The texts, which are complemented by prominent First Nations artists’ illustrations and music, embody Bouchard’s reclamation of his cultural heritages for himself and his daughter.