TY  - BOOK
AU  - George Ryga
TI  - Ecstasy of rita joe
SN  - 9780889220003
U1  - 812.54 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Canada
PB  - Talon Books
KW  - Literature
KW  - American Drama
N2  - 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

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