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By Élisabeth Brisson. 2014
"Qui ne se plaît pas à fredonner avec une émotion toute personnelle, le Boléro de Ravel ou la mélodie de…
Tonight provenant du film culte West Side Story ? Ou d'entonner à tue-tête dans la rue, le fameux refrain Singing in the rain... Cette présentation d'une quarantaine d'airs se propose d'accroître la joie à les reconnaître et à les chanter en apportant des éclairages pertinents sur leur facture ainsi que sur le contexte de leur composition, comme sur les modalités de leur réception et de leur diffusion. Les airs qui constituent cette culture partagée, source de lien social, sont classés en quatre catégories : les airs politiques ; les airs populaires, souvent pour des raisons grivoises ; les airs intimes, berceuses comme airs d'amour ; et les airs à connotations spirituelles et dévoilent les aspirations les plus secrètes de tout être humain, bridé de facto par la bienséance et par le respect dû à l'autre, ces fondements indispensables de toute vie en société. Chanter ces airs permet ainsi d'exprimer, sous une autre forme que le mot d'esprit, l'acte manqué ou le lapsus, ou également le rêve ou encore le fantasme, les désirs illicites qui font pression et bouillonnent chez chacun. " -- 4e de couv.By Nicolas Ungemuth. 2007
La robe et le khôl de Bowie, le premier album du Velvet Underground, le sang changé de Keith Richards comme…
l'amateurisme revendiqué des Pistols. Tout ce qui fut feu, foudre et larmes, tout ce qui botta jadis le cul au vieux monde. Toute cette flamme, ce sang versé, ces chansons qui parlent aux anges et ces guitares noyées dans la fange. Descriptions explicites de nature sexuelle, langage grossier explicite, et quelques descriptions de violence. 2007.By François Ducray. 2007
La robe et le khôl de Bowie, le premier album du Velvet Underground, le sang changé de Keith Richards comme…
l'amateurisme revendiqué des Pistols. Tout ce qui fut feu, foudre et larmes, tout ce qui botta jadis le cul au vieux monde. Toute cette flamme, ce sang versé, ces chansons qui parlent aux anges et ces guitares noyées dans la fange. Le premier volume d'une anthologie qui revient sur le sujet sous la plume d'auteurs révélés par Rock & Folk ou Les Inrocks. Des Beatles à Iggy, de Dylan à Neil Young, des Stones à Lou Reed. Ces deux livres forment une sorte de best of. Enluminures. Images d'Epinal. Petit précis de décomposition. Et ça se lit comme un roman, puisque c'est du roman : de la Vie qui essaye d'être un peu plus grande que la Vie. Parce que le rock, au fond, c'est cela. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle, de violence, et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2007.By Patrick Barbier. 2002
La République de Venise vit au XVIIIe siècle ses dernières heures de gloire. Jamais on ne s'est autant diverti, jamais…
la fête et la musique n'ont occupé une telle place dans la vie quotidienne. Le carnaval (qui dure entre cinq et six mois), les fêtes officielles, le jeu, mais aussi les concerts, les cérémonies religieuses et l'opéra provoquent l'admiration et l'envie des visiteurs étrangers. Vivaldi, dont le nom est inséparable de Venise, écrit ses concertos pour les jeunes filles des Hospices et se comporte au théâtre en homme d'affaires, aussi doué que rusé. Du carnaval aux réceptions dans les ambassades, de la basilique Saint-Marc aux grands théâtres d'opéra, des barcarolles sur les canaux à la musique des cloîtres, Patrick Barbier, à partir de mémoires et correspondances du temps, mais aussi grâce à de savoureuses anecdotes, ressuscite la vie musicale de cette ville incomparable.By David Treuer. 2014
C'est un écrivain qui nous entraîne à la rencontre de l'une des faces cachées de l'Amérique contemporaine : celle des…
réserves indiennes, plus de trois cents aux Etats-Unis. Certaines ne font que quelques hectares, d'autres sont immenses, mais la plupart d'entre elles sont d'une extrême pauvreté. D'origine ojibwé, David Treuer a grandi sur une réserve au nord du Minnesota, et il nous permet de découvrir ce monde de l'intérieur toutes ses facettes : crime et misère, casinos et richesses, sauvegarde des langues et de la culture autochtones. Voyage à travers le continent américain mais aussi dans le passé, Indian Roads est une histoire que nous n'avions encore jamais entendue racontée ainsi, un récit passionnant et un formidable exemple de résilience. 2014.By Lucien Malson, Christian Bellest. 2007
Les origines et caractéristiques du jazz et ses différents styles, dans l'ordre de leur apparition, du "spiritual" aux genres actuels…
: ragtime, blues, jazz New Orleans, jazz mainstream, bebop, cool jazz, hard-jazz, free-jazz et jazz-rock. 2007, c1987.By Alessandro Baricco, Françoise Brun. 1998
By Philippe Beaussant. 2002
De l'Orfeo de Monteverdi, oeuvre carrefour qui conclut la Renaissance et d'où naît le baroque, Philippe Beaussant éclaire tous les…
aspects à la lumière de la peinture, de la philosophie et de la poésie de l'époque. Inspiré par un thème musical, un texte littéraire d'une profonde sensibilité.By Christian Merlin. 2012
By Lorri Neilsen Glenn. 2017
Glenn first discovered her great-grandmother's tragic death in a passing comment from an aunt. Startled, she began to search out…
the history of her family, to understand the life of this woman she knew nothing about. Along the way Glenn works to unravel the issues of racism, sexism and colonial nation building that haunt us still. In elegant prose and poetry she has created a story of pieces, bringing to life what she could find in newspaper reports and museums. Through these fragments and portraits she gives the reader a glimpse of the lives lived by her ancestors and by women like them. 'Following the River' is a lyric reflection on women that have been erased from our history and what that means for today. 2017.By Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail. 2016
This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation.…
They come from journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, city planners, and lawyers, all of whom share their personal light-bulb moments regarding when and how they grappled with the harsh reality of colonization in Canada, and its harmful legacy. Without flinching, they look deeply and honestly at their own experiences and assumptions about race and racial divides in Canada in hopes that the rest of the country will do the same. 2016.By John Reilly. 2010
Judge John Reilly's jurisdiction included a First Nations community plagued by suicide, addiction, poverty, violence and corruption. Early in his…
career, he steadily handed out prison sentences with little regard for long-term consequences and even less knowledge as to why crime was so rampant on the reserve in the first place. In an unprecedented move, Judge Reilly ordered an investigation into the tragic and corrupt conditions on the reserve. Then some labelled him a racist; others thought he should be removed from his post. But many on the Stoney Reserve hailed him a hero as he attempted to uncover the dark challenges and difficult history many First Nations communities face. 2010.By Pamela D Palmater. 2011
Palmater argues that the Indian Act's registration provisions will lead to the extinguishment of First Nations as legal and constitutional…
entities, as the current status criteria contain descent-based rules that are particularly discriminatory against women and their descendants. Beginning with an historic overview of legislative enactments defining Indian status and their impact on First Nations, the author examines contemporary court rulings dealing with Aboriginal rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in relation to Indigenous identity, and band membership codes. She offers suggestions for a better way of determining Indigenous identity and citizenship. 2011.When residential schools opened in the 1830's, First Nations envisioned their children learning in nurturing environments, staffed with their own…
teachers, ministers and interpreters. Instead, students were taught by outsiders, regularly forced to renounce their cultures and languages, and some were subjected to abuse that left emotional scars for generations. Fourteen Aboriginal women who attended these schools reflect on their experiences, describing how they overcame tremendous obstacles to become strong and independent members of Aboriginal cultures. 2004.An historical account of the development of Winnipeg's municipal water supply as an example of the history of settler colonialism.…
Tells of the construction of the Winnipeg/Shoal Lake Aqueduct, completed in 1919. It examines the cultural, social, political, and legal mechanisms that allowed the rapidly growing city of Winnipeg to obtain its water supply by dispossessing the Anishinaabe people of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation of their land, and ultimately depriving them of the very same commodity--clean drinking water--that the city secured for itself. It incorporates archival images that document the expensive and ambitious construction process and addresses these issues within the larger context of colonialism in Canada. 2016.By Alex Wilson, Kim Anderson, Madeleine Dion Stout, Maria Campbell, Robert Alexander Innes, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Michelle Good, Laura Harjo, Sarah Hunt, Beverly Jacobson, Tanya Kappo, Tara Kappo, Lyla Kinoshameg, Erin Konsmo, Helen Knott, Sandra Lamouche, Jo-Anne Lawless, Kelsey T. Leonard, Ann-Marie Livingston, Brenda MacDougall, Sylvia Maracle, Jenell Navarro, Darlene R. Okemaysim-Sicotte, Pahan Pte San Win, Ramona Reece, Christi Belcourt, Kimberly Robertson, Christine Sy, Downtown Eastside Power Of Women Group, Debra G. Leonard, Beatrice Starr, Madeleine Kétéskwew Dion Stout, Waaseyaa'Sin Christine Sy, Tracy Bear, Brenda Macdougall, Robyn Bourgeois, Rita Bouvier, Maya Ode'Amik Chacaby, Susan Gingell. 2018
The tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the book contributors look at the roots…
of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Indigenous perspective. They acknowledge the destruction wrought by colonial violence, and also look at controversial topics such as lateral violence, challenges in working with “tradition,” and problematic notions involved in “helping.” Through stories of resilience, resistance, and activism, the editors give voice to powerful personal testimony and allow for the creation of knowledge. 2018.By Bill Crow. 1990
By Larry Frolick. 2016
For over 50,000 years, the Great Hunt has shaped human existence, creating a vital spiritual reality where people, animals, and…
the land share intimate bonds. This book takes the reader deep into one of the last refuges of hunting society: Canada's far north. The author travelled five years with First Nations Elders in remote communities across the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut, experiencing the raw power of their ancient traditions. His vivid narrative combines accounts of daily life, unpublished archival records, current scientific research, First Nations myths, and personal observation to illuminate the northern wilderness, its people, and their complex relationships. 2016.By Tomson Highway. 2017
If as recently as forty years ago there was no recognizable body of work by Canadian writers, as recently as…
thirty years ago there was no Native literature in this country. Perhaps a few books had made a dent on the national consciousness, but now, Native people have a literature that paints them in colours that are psychologically complex and sophisticated, that validates their existence, that gives them dignity, that tells them that they and their culture, their ideas, their languages, are important if not downright essential to the long-term survival of the planet. A study of Native literature published in Canada between 1980 and 2010, a catalogue of amazing books that sparked the embers of a dormant voice. 2017.By Norman Hallendy. 2016
Arctic researcher, author, and photographer Norman Hallendy’s journey to the far north began in 1958, when many Inuit, who traditionally…
lived on the land, were moving to permanent settlements created by the Canadian government. In this unique memoir, Hallendy writes of his adventures, experiences with strange Arctic phenomena, encounters with wildlife, and deep friendships with Inuit elders. Very few have worked so closely with the Inuit to document their traditions, and in this book, Hallendy preserves their voices and paints an incomparable portrait of a vibrant culture in a remote landscape. 2016.