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The Two Shamans Beyond the Two Solitudes: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' Haida Manga as a Tool for Indigenizing Comics.

Authors :
Kelp-Stebbins, Katherine
Source :
American Review of Canadian Studies. Sep2023, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p406-419. 14p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Focusing on the two editions of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' A Tale of Two Shamans (2001, 2018) and how each incorporates "Indigenous methodologies, pedagogies, and epistemologies" (Pearce 319), this article explores the relational and situated knowledges that coalesce in the story and its telling. Using Haida and settler languages like English, Yahgulanaas' book is an early example of his Haida manga practice. Haida manga can be understood as a way of Indigenizing comics because the use of Haida framelines deconstructs the spatial grammar of panel and gutter in favor of interconnected imagery and design. Likewise, Haida manga linguistically critiques colonizing assumptions regarding territories and borders as land-bound, shifting the location of the cultural practice to a region defined by water, with its political possibilities and cultural connections. Yahgulanaas' books weave these actions and intentions into consumer objects, differently legible and knowable across diverse reading publics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02722011
Volume :
53
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
American Review of Canadian Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174709921
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/02722011.2023.2246788