• Aboriginal Playwright Tomson Highway's "Rez Sisters" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing": A Clash of Cultures and the Promise of Rebirth

     

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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A Clash of Cultures and the Promise of Rebirth: Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing and The Rez Sisters
Throughout "The Rez Sisters" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing", Tomson
Highway expresses his concern regarding the cultural conflict experienced by aboriginals on the reserve. He does this by demonstrating the juxtaposition of cultural and ethereal values faced by Native and White Canadians. …

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