unpacking the past

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   Ari

   26 Mar 2011 Reply

   Whoo hoo Zetta you are all over the literary blogsphere! Can't wait to read your essay, I really like Hunger Mountain :) Reading your essays does give me a lot of perspective in seeing how far we've come in MG/YA/chapter books. We may not be close to equal representation but it is better than it once was.

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   elliottzetta

   26 Mar 2011 Reply

   Hey, Ari! Hunger Mountain is fabulous, and I'm really grateful that Kekla Magoon offered me the chance to write something for them. Progress is often relative--as frustrated as I am with the situation here in the US, I'd give anything for Canada to "catch up" already!

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   Niranjana

   29 Mar 2011 Reply

   What a fascinating article. I too grew up in a former British colony (India) and the bulk of our school-assigned reading consisted of British classics--we read Kipling and Wordsworth and Hardy and co. No African, South American or East Asian lit, ever. Our history lessons did seek to convey the country's sense of pride in overthrowing colonialism, though. And of course, now living in Canada, it feels all upside down--an ex-colony that nurtures its British connection! There's so much British monarchy-related symbolism in everyday life that it still takes me aback.

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  elliottzetta

  29 Mar 2011 Reply

  It's in your pocket right now, right?!? the money's pretty, but she's ALL over it. Canada really is a confusing place sometimes. I'd be interested in a study of immigrants from the Commonwealth--who chooses to migrate to Canada, and who chooses the US or UK instead. My Caribbean relatives who chose the US are *so* different in temperament, not radical but maybe more republican? it takes a very different mentality to live here in the US, I think. I know Canadians think Americans are rude, but that determination to be polite hides a lot of inequity up there.