TY - BOOK ID - 77892026 TI - Toward defining the prairies PY - 2001 SN - 1283091348 9786613091345 0887553885 9780887553882 0887556728 9780887556722 9781283091343 6613091340 PB - Winnipeg, Man. University of Manitoba Press DB - UniCat KW - Prairie Provinces KW - Canada KW - Canada, Western KW - Social conditions. KW - In literature. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77892026 AB - New ways of thinking about literature and history have radically changed how we think about or even "define" a region like the Prairie West. In fact, the very concept of "defining" has come into question by new theoretical approaches and it may now seem a hopeless endeavour. But the process of defining can be just as important as the actual production of a definition.Toward Defining the Prairies highlights recent approaches to thinking about the Prairie West. Bounded by pieces from well-known historian Gerald Friesen and Governor-General's Award-winning writer Robert Kroetsch, these 13 essays are as diverse as the region itself. In their examination of different aspects of Prairie history, literature, climate, society, culture, and identity, they help to provide a new understanding of this place and of the complexities of its definition. ER -