{"product_id":"before-i-was-a-critic-i-was-a-human-being-9781771665056","title":"Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn that moment, I felt closer to whiteness than not. I was completely complicit and didn't think twice about entering a space that could cover their walls with images of contemporary Indigenous perspectives, but exclude their physical bodies from entering and experiencing. In that moment, I felt like a real Canadian.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being\u003c\/i\u003e is the debut collection of nonfiction essays by Amy Fung. In it, Fung takes a closer examination at Canada's mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national art critic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the tangents of a foreign-born perspective and the complexities and complicities in participating in ongoing acts of colonial violence, the book as a whole takes the form of a very long land acknowledgement. Taken individually, each essay roots itself in the learning and unlearning process of a first generation settler immigrant as she unfurls each region's sense of place and identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBefore I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e?The hours I've spent with this knowing and moving book about place and placelessness are among the most valuable of my reading life. Wow, thank you, Amy. --Eileen Myles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an Indigenous\/Haudenosaunee writer and reader, I recognize that Amy Fung's book does not try to convince us that she is a native rights ally but shows us with language how to mould the term ally into a verb. --Janet Rogers, author of \u003ci\u003eTotem Poles and Railroads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling work, Amy Fung breathes life and relevance into criticality. This visitor's guide is integral reading. --Cecily Nicholson, author of \u003ci\u003eWayside Sang\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12264924\"\u003eAmy Fung\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771665056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177166505X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO028000\"\u003eCultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional | Indigenous\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC010000\"\u003eFeminism \u0026amp; Feminist Theory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC031000\"\u003eDiscrimination\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy Fung is a writer, researcher and curator born in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and spent her formative years in and around Edmonton on Treaty 6 Territory. Her writings have been published and commissioned by national and international publications, galleries, museums, festivals, and journals since 2007. Her multifarious curatorial projects have spanned exhibitions, cinematic and live presentations, as well as discursive events across Canada and abroad. \u003ci\u003eBefore I was a Critic I was a Human Being\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42661952487661,"sku":"9781771665056","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b59d54f4-0cf0-431b-8468-cfff43ea5510.jpg?v=1649374984","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/before-i-was-a-critic-i-was-a-human-being-9781771665056","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}