Before I was a Critic I was a Human Being
Amy Fung
In that moment, I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn?t think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives, but exclude their physical bodies from entering and experiencing. In that moment, I felt like a real Canadian.
Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is the debut collection of nonfiction 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 essay 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
Author - Amy Fung.
Narrator - Amy Fung.
Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
In that moment, I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn?t think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives, but exclude their physical bodies from entering and experiencing. In that moment, I felt like a real Canadian. Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is the debut collection of nonfiction 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 essay 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 Author - Amy Fung. Narrator - Amy Fung. Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:23:44
Chapter 2
Duration:00:25:57
Chapter 3
Duration:00:23:02
Chapter 4
Duration:00:15:54
Chapter 5
Duration:00:13:29
Chapter 6
Duration:00:17:26
Chapter 7
Duration:00:20:26
Chapter 8
Duration:00:15:13
Chapter 9
Duration:00:14:30
Chapter 10
Duration:00:11:12
Chapter 11
Duration:00:23:25
Chapter 12
Duration:00:18:59
Chapter 13
Duration:00:29:53
Chapter 14
Duration:00:25:02