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This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of Boyden's "Three Day Road". References from the novel are used to make the argument that displacement is first dependent upon dehumanization. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Dehumanization and Cultural Displacement in Boydens Three Day Road
, 3/2011 --properly! Cultural displacement is an unfortunate reality in a world where the history of most major nation-states is rife
with imperialism and the colonial subjugation of native populations. When this form of displacement happens, and a colonized population (or segment thereof), is deprived of a meaningful interaction with their
native cultural traditions and practices, there is an accompanying tendency for that population to also be deprived of the means of expressing their displacement, as the traditional modes of narration
are often suppressed. It is for this reason that so much critical value can be obtained from "post-colonial literature", which is to say, the literature produced by cultures in the
wake of colonization experiences, in which literary narrative is used to express themes relevant to those experiences. In this way, the displaced cultures can again find something of an outlet,
even if the mode of expression differs from the traditional mode; for example, a displaced culture with a heavy oral tradition using the written word to express the experiences of
that displacement. Joseph Boydens novel, Three Day Road, is an excellent example of such a work, using a written literary narrative to express the losses suffered by Canadian Indians through
various cultural institutions aimed at affecting the assimilation of their culture through a gradual process of dehumanization. In writing such a novel, Boyden makes a key point about all forms
of cultural displacement, namely that all cultural displacement is affected first by the experience of dehumanization, and that dehumanizing experiences necessarily stem from institutions that attempt to qualify an individuals
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