Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

Name: Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Amy Fung
ISBN: 9781771665629

Author: Amy Fung

Narrator: Amy Fung

Unabridged: 4 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW

Published: 06/05/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Asian Nonfiction, Social Science, Discrimination, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Literary Collections

Synopsis

Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is the debut collection of essays by Amy Fung. In it, Fung takes a closer examination at Canada’s mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national art critic.Following the tangents of a foreign-born perspective and the complexities and complicities in participating in ongoing acts of colonial violence, the book as a whole takes the form of a very long land acknowledgement. Taken individually, each piece roots itself in the learning and unlearning process of a first generation settler immigrant as she unfurls each region’s sense of place and identity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by chantel on January 28, 2020

The title is what caught me when I was milling around wondering what to read. I love Amy Fung's look into the ways that Canada has barely contended with its genocide, robbery, displacement and mistreatment of Indigenous peoples as well as minorities. She pulls no punches and describes the discrimina......more

Goodreads review by Lia on December 31, 2023

Update 15/01/2023 You can find my reviews at An Ode to Fiction.| Subscribe to myBooktube channel 4/5 ⭐️ A series of essays by Canadian art critic Amy Fung about the history of Canadian colonialism through the perspective of the art world. Listening on audio is highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on December 16, 2021

I was drawn to the title, but after reading the book in a single sitting, these essays fall into the category of institutionally fashioned critical race aspirations. It offers only the slightest snapshots of Indigenous history through the personal history of a second-Gen immigrant who identifies as......more