Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I Present Tense
6. Diaspora and Nation in Métis Writing 21
7. Canadian Indian Literary Nationalism? 43
8. Breaking the Framework of Representational Violence 65
9. “Grammars of Exchange” 83
10. II Past Participles
11. Unhomely Moves 99
12. Asian Canadian Critical Practice as Commemoration 119
13. Diasporic Longings 135
14. Afro-Caribbean Writing in Canada and the Politics of Migrant Labour Mobility 153
15. III Future Imperfect
16. Racialized Diasporas, Entangled Postmemories, and Kyo Maclear’s The Letter Opener 171
17. Underwater Signposts 191
18. “Phoenicia ≠ Lebanon” 207
19. Word Warriors 229
20. Works Cited 245
21. Contributors 265
22. Index 269
23. Books in the TransCanada Series 276