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All the Feels / Tous les sens
Affect and Writing in Canada / Affect et écriture au Canada
Edited by Marie Carrière, Ursula Mathis-Moser and Kit Dobson
All the Feels / Tous les sens presents research into emotion and cognition in Canadian, Indigenous, and Québécois writings in English or French. Affect is both internal and external, private and public; with its fluid boundaries, it represents a productive dimension for literary analysis. The emerging field of affect studies makes vital claims about ethical impulses, social justice, and critical resistance, and thus much is at stake when we adopt affective reading practices. The contributors ask what we can learn from reading contemporary literatures through this lens. Unique and timely, readable and teachable, this collection is a welcome resource for scholars of literature, feminism, philosophy, and transnational studies as well as anyone who yearns to imagine the world differently.
Contributors: Nicole Brossard, Marie Carrière, Matthew Cormier, Kit Dobson, Nicoletta Dolce, Louise Dupré, Margery Fee, Ana María Fraile-Marcos, Smaro Kamboureli, Aaron Kreuter, Daniel Laforest, Carmen Mata Barreiro, Ursula Mathis-Moser, Heather Milne, Eric Schmaltz, Maïté Snauwaert, Jeanette den Toonder
Book details
Publication date: January 2021Features: Bibliography
Keywords: interdisciplinary, intercultural, bilingual, humanities, diversity, decolonizing, philosophical theory, poetics, emotion, imagination, semiotics, resistance, feminism, Quebec
Subject(s): LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, Literary Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, Canadian Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Canadian Literature / Intercultural Studies, interdisciplinary, intercultural, bilingual, humanities, diversity, decolonizing, philosophical theory, poetics, emotion, imagination, semiotics, resistance, feminism, Quebec, Canadian Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Literary essays, Humanities, Literary Criticism
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
Book details
Publication date: January 2021Features: Bibliography
Keywords: interdisciplinary, intercultural, bilingual, humanities, diversity, decolonizing, philosophical theory, poetics, emotion, imagination, semiotics, resistance, feminism, Quebec
Subject(s): LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, Literary Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, Canadian Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Canadian Literature / Intercultural Studies, interdisciplinary, intercultural, bilingual, humanities, diversity, decolonizing, philosophical theory, poetics, emotion, imagination, semiotics, resistance, feminism, Quebec, Canadian Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Literary essays, Humanities, Literary Criticism
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press
"Readers with a basic understanding of affect theory, as well as those who are new to the field, will find that this collection opens fascinating avenues for inquiry into the affective possibilities in Canadian literature. It presents an alternative approach to studies in literature- one that considers the integrated nature of thoughts and feelings." [Full review at https://canlit.ca/article/feeling-it-all/]
"Le fait de présenter de façon complémentaire des analyses académiques et des points de vue d’écrivaines constitue un atout majeur du recueil, puisqu’il permet au lecteur de voir comment l’affect joue un rôle dans la pratique de l’écriture. S’y ajoutent la réflexion théorique qui constitue un fil rouge à travers les différentes contributions, une attention pour la particularité anglaise, française et autochtone de la littérature canadienne et une inscription engagée dans les débats qui secouent et affectent nos sociétés contemporaines." Alex Demeulenaere, Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 2022
[Article complet: http://www.kanada-studien.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/zks_2022_14_Rez.pdf]
"The complementary presentation of academic analysis and women writers' perspectives is a major strength of the collection, as it allows the reader to perceive the role affect plays in the practice of writing. Added to this is the theoretical reflection that runs through all the various contributions, an alertness to the English, French, and Aboriginal particularities of Canadian literature, and an engaged participation in the debates that shake and affect our contemporary societies." Alex Demeulenaere, Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 2022 [Translated. Article complet: http://www.kanada-studien.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/zks_2022_14_Rez.pdf]
“The contributors show the complexity of affect and its social importance and break down assumptions about the separateness of mind and body, private and public, individual and communal. They also offer a welcome fusion of engaged theories that politicize the readings through queer, feminist, anti-capitalist, posthuman, and Indigenous perspectives.”
“Les contributions montrent la complexité de l'affect et son importance sociale et remettent en cause les préjugés sur la séparation de l'esprit et du corps, du privé et du public, de l'individuel et du collectif. Elles proposent également une fusion bienvenue de théories engagées qui politisent les lectures à travers des perspectives queer, féministes, anticapitalistes, posthumaines, et autochtones.”
“The contributions cover numerous fields of scholarship and include in depth discussions of many original works as well as secondary sources, making this a compelling and diverse literary panorama replete with specific and intriguing case studies.”
"Les contributions traitent de nombreux domaines de recherche et comprennent des discussions approfondies sur de nombreuses œuvres originales et sources secondaires, ce qui en fait un panorama littéraire captivant et varié, rempli d'études de cas spécifiques et fascinantes."
Book Design | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta, Canada
Short-listed
2021
Introduction
Writing Affect in Canadian, Indigenous, and Québécois Literatures /
Écrire l’affect dans les littératures canadiennes, autochtones et québécoises
Marie Carrière, Ursula Mathis-Moser, Kit Dobson
Traduction par Dominique Hétu et Marie Carrière
I NEGATIVE AFFECTS / AFFECTS NÉGATIFS
1 | Theorizing the Apocalyptic Turn in the Literatures of Canada: Un/Veiling the Apocalyptic Direction in Affect Studies | Matthew Cormier
2 | Free Will, Moral Blindness, and Affective Resilience in Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last | Ana Maria Fraile-Marcos
3 | From Disgust to Desire: A Poetics of Subterfuge | Eric Schmaltz
II CARE AND AFFECT / SOIN ET AFFECTS
4 | Apprendre à dire la fin: Care et poétique du deuil dans L’album multicolore de Louise Dupré et Nocturne de Helen Humphreys | Maïté Snauwaert
5 | Grand-mère et petite-fille, « des doublons désaccordées » : Réflexions sur une éthique du care dans Mère-grand de Tassia Trifiatis | Ursula Mathis-Moser
6 | Le corps en crise : Littérature et système de santé au Canada | Daniel Laforest
III AFFECTS OF MEMORY / AFFECTS DE LA MÉMOIRE
7 | The Circuitry of Grief: Queer Time, Killjoy Politics, and Mourning in Sina Queyras’s M x T | Heather Milne
8 | Vétiver de Joël des Rosiers : Où les souffrances encore affleurent | Nicoletta Dolce
9 | Écrire la blessure, relire la vie: Louise Dupré, Marie-Célie Agnant et Denise Desautels | Carmen Mata Barreiro
IV AFFECTS OF RESISTANCE / AFFECTS DE LA RÉSISTANCE
10 | Écriture autochtone au féminin: Savoir affectif et valeurs relationnelles dans Kuessipan de Naomi Fontaine | Jeanette den Toonder
11 | Respect or Empathy? Affect/Emotion in Indigenous Stories | Margery Fee
12 | Jewish Affect During the Second Intifada: Terror, Love, and Procreation in Ayelet Tsabari’s “Tikkun”| Aaron Kreuter
V WRITING THROUGH AFFECT / ÉCRIRE AU FIL DE L’AFFECT
13 | Émotion vraie, sensation de fiction | Nicole Brossard
14 | Maladies of the Soul: Field Notes on My Research Imagination | Smaro Kamboureli
15 | Des fantômes dans les yeux | Louise Dupré
Contributors / Collaborateurs
"Readers with a basic understanding of affect theory, as well as those who are new to the field, will find that this collection opens fascinating avenues for inquiry into the affective possibilities in Canadian literature. It presents an alternative approach to studies in literature- one that considers the integrated nature of thoughts and feelings." [Full review at https://canlit.ca/article/feeling-it-all/]
"Le fait de présenter de façon complémentaire des analyses académiques et des points de vue d’écrivaines constitue un atout majeur du recueil, puisqu’il permet au lecteur de voir comment l’affect joue un rôle dans la pratique de l’écriture. S’y ajoutent la réflexion théorique qui constitue un fil rouge à travers les différentes contributions, une attention pour la particularité anglaise, française et autochtone de la littérature canadienne et une inscription engagée dans les débats qui secouent et affectent nos sociétés contemporaines." Alex Demeulenaere, Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 2022
[Article complet: http://www.kanada-studien.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/zks_2022_14_Rez.pdf]
"The complementary presentation of academic analysis and women writers' perspectives is a major strength of the collection, as it allows the reader to perceive the role affect plays in the practice of writing. Added to this is the theoretical reflection that runs through all the various contributions, an alertness to the English, French, and Aboriginal particularities of Canadian literature, and an engaged participation in the debates that shake and affect our contemporary societies." Alex Demeulenaere, Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 2022 [Translated. Article complet: http://www.kanada-studien.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/zks_2022_14_Rez.pdf]
“The contributors show the complexity of affect and its social importance and break down assumptions about the separateness of mind and body, private and public, individual and communal. They also offer a welcome fusion of engaged theories that politicize the readings through queer, feminist, anti-capitalist, posthuman, and Indigenous perspectives.”
“Les contributions montrent la complexité de l'affect et son importance sociale et remettent en cause les préjugés sur la séparation de l'esprit et du corps, du privé et du public, de l'individuel et du collectif. Elles proposent également une fusion bienvenue de théories engagées qui politisent les lectures à travers des perspectives queer, féministes, anticapitalistes, posthumaines, et autochtones.”
“The contributions cover numerous fields of scholarship and include in depth discussions of many original works as well as secondary sources, making this a compelling and diverse literary panorama replete with specific and intriguing case studies.”
"Les contributions traitent de nombreux domaines de recherche et comprennent des discussions approfondies sur de nombreuses œuvres originales et sources secondaires, ce qui en fait un panorama littéraire captivant et varié, rempli d'études de cas spécifiques et fascinantes."
Book Design | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta, Canada
Short-listed
2021
Introduction
Writing Affect in Canadian, Indigenous, and Québécois Literatures /
Écrire l’affect dans les littératures canadiennes, autochtones et québécoises
Marie Carrière, Ursula Mathis-Moser, Kit Dobson
Traduction par Dominique Hétu et Marie Carrière
I NEGATIVE AFFECTS / AFFECTS NÉGATIFS
1 | Theorizing the Apocalyptic Turn in the Literatures of Canada: Un/Veiling the Apocalyptic Direction in Affect Studies | Matthew Cormier
2 | Free Will, Moral Blindness, and Affective Resilience in Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last | Ana Maria Fraile-Marcos
3 | From Disgust to Desire: A Poetics of Subterfuge | Eric Schmaltz
II CARE AND AFFECT / SOIN ET AFFECTS
4 | Apprendre à dire la fin: Care et poétique du deuil dans L’album multicolore de Louise Dupré et Nocturne de Helen Humphreys | Maïté Snauwaert
5 | Grand-mère et petite-fille, « des doublons désaccordées » : Réflexions sur une éthique du care dans Mère-grand de Tassia Trifiatis | Ursula Mathis-Moser
6 | Le corps en crise : Littérature et système de santé au Canada | Daniel Laforest
III AFFECTS OF MEMORY / AFFECTS DE LA MÉMOIRE
7 | The Circuitry of Grief: Queer Time, Killjoy Politics, and Mourning in Sina Queyras’s M x T | Heather Milne
8 | Vétiver de Joël des Rosiers : Où les souffrances encore affleurent | Nicoletta Dolce
9 | Écrire la blessure, relire la vie: Louise Dupré, Marie-Célie Agnant et Denise Desautels | Carmen Mata Barreiro
IV AFFECTS OF RESISTANCE / AFFECTS DE LA RÉSISTANCE
10 | Écriture autochtone au féminin: Savoir affectif et valeurs relationnelles dans Kuessipan de Naomi Fontaine | Jeanette den Toonder
11 | Respect or Empathy? Affect/Emotion in Indigenous Stories | Margery Fee
12 | Jewish Affect During the Second Intifada: Terror, Love, and Procreation in Ayelet Tsabari’s “Tikkun”| Aaron Kreuter
V WRITING THROUGH AFFECT / ÉCRIRE AU FIL DE L’AFFECT
13 | Émotion vraie, sensation de fiction | Nicole Brossard
14 | Maladies of the Soul: Field Notes on My Research Imagination | Smaro Kamboureli
15 | Des fantômes dans les yeux | Louise Dupré
Contributors / Collaborateurs
