Comparing Mythologies

Tomson Highway

ISBN 10: 0776605674 / ISBN 13: 9780776605678

Published by University of Ottawa Press, CA, 2003

Tomson Highway is one of Canada's foremost playwrights and novelists. In Comparing Mythologies he addresses a theme that is central to much of his work: the ways that Canadian culture today is shaped by the mixture of Aboriginal and Western mythologies. What interests him is not merely the differences between these cultures, but the ways that inherited beliefs enable Native communities to cope with the cultural and social challenges facing them today. Seller Inventory # LU-9780776605678

Synopsis:

Tomson Highway is one of Canada's foremost playwrights and novelists. In Comparing Mythologies he addresses a theme that is central to much of his work: the ways that Canadian culture today is shaped by the mixture of Aboriginal and Western mythologies. What interests him is not merely the differences between these cultures, but the ways that inherited beliefs enable Native communities to cope with the cultural and social challenges facing them today. Published in English.

About the Author: Tomson Highway is a playwright and author whose work includes the plays Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing and The Rex Sisters, and the novel Kiss of the Fur Queen.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Comparing Mythologies
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press, CA
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New