George Ryga creator text Canada Talon Books 2017 monographic eng

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112p. PB 21.5x14cm. Rita Joe is a Native girl who leaves the reservation for the city only to die on skid row as a victim of white men’s violence and paternalistic attitudes towards First Nations peoples. As perhaps the best-known contemporary Canadian play and a poetic drama of enormous theatrical power The Ecstasy of Rita Joe had a major influence in awakening consciousness to the “Indian problem” both in whites and Natives themselves. American Drama 812.54 RYGE 9780889220003 220411 20231202102229.0