Overview

In 2008, the Canadian government established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to review the history of the residential school system, a brutal colonial project that killed and injured many Indigenous children and left a legacy of trauma and pain. In Fragments of Truth Naomi Angel analyzes the visual culture of reconciliation and memory in relation to this complex and painful history. In her analyses of archival photographs from the residential school system, representations of the schools in popular media and literature, and testimonies from TRC proceedings, Angel traces how the TRC served as a mechanism through which memory, trauma, and visuality became apparent. She shows how many Indigenous communities were able to use the TRC process as a way to claim agency over their memories of the schools. Bringing to light the ongoing costs of transforming settler states into modern nations, Angel demonstrates how the TRC offers a unique optic through which to survey the long history of colonial oppression of Canada's Indigenous populations.

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Author:   Naomi Angel ,  Dylan Robinson ,  Jamie Berthe
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781478018575

ISBN 10:   1478018577
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface. Tracing Memory in Naomi Angel’s Archive / Jamie Berthe and Eugenia Kisin  ix Acknowledgments / Marita Sturken and Faye Ginsburg  xix Introduction. Reconciliation and Remembrance  1 1. Reconciliation as a Way of Seeing: The History and Context of the Indian Residential School System  19 2. Images of Contact: Archival Photographs and the Work of Reconciliation in Canada  54 3. Nations Gather: Public Testimony and the Politics of Affect  90 4. Reconciliation as a Ghostly Encounter: Discourses of Haunting and Indian Residential Schools  125 Conclusion. Fragments of Truth: Concluding Gestures    160 Notes  167 Bibliography  189 Index  207

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"". . . [T]he book is recommended reading, offering informative perspectives that will broaden understandings about what happened and what remains to be done in pursuing meaningful pathways towards reconciliation. It is a powerful reminder that it is imperative for us to continue to probe these  issues so that the future actions (both collective and individual) are undertaken in a manner that is well-informed, open, and reflexive."" -- Terry Wotherspoon * Historical Studies in Education *

""". . . [T]he book is recommended reading, offering informative perspectives that will broaden understandings about what happened and what remains to be done in pursuing meaningful pathways towards reconciliation. It is a powerful reminder that it is imperative for us to continue to probe these  issues so that the future actions (both collective and individual) are undertaken in a manner that is well-informed, open, and reflexive."" -- Terry Wotherspoon * Historical Studies in Education *"

Author Information

Naomi Angel (1977–2014) completed her PhD in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University in 2013. Dylan Robinson is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University. Jamie Berthe is Lecturer at New York University.

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