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Book SynopsisIn a country that conceives of itself as a caring society, Imagined Care discusses texts which depict the ethical dilemmas that arise from our attempts to respond to the needs of others.
Trade Review‘It is a fine, thought-provoking, and eminently suggestive study… DeFalco undertakes important work in studying care and its effects – not only those effects necessary and desirable, but also those precarious and perilous-on the many who require care and the many others called on to be their caregivers.’ -- David Staines * Modern Fiction Studies vol 63:04:2017 *
"Imagining Care is a well-written and well-researched book that considers ethical dilemmas in Canadian literature and argues for a reconsideration of the notion that Canada is unquestionably benevolent…The book is an excellent addition to the corpus of critical work on Canadian literature. It points to ways in which writing in Canada addresses urgent questions on the complexities of ethics and care." -- Laura K. Davis, Red Deer College * University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018 *
"DeFalco enacts a feminist critique that connects ethical philosophies of care to literary representations of caregiving." -- Sirhiy Bilenky, David Eso * Canadian Literature 232 Spint 2017 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Literature, Care, and Canada Chapter 1. Embedded and Embodied: Caregiving, Life Writing and the Myth of the Autonomous Individual Chapter 2. Moral Obligation, Disordered Care: The Ethics of Caregiving in Margaret Atwood's Moral Disorder Chapter 3. Caring for Relative Others: Alterity and Narrative in Michael Ignatieff's Scar Tissue Chapter 4. "Parodies of Love": Demands of Care in Alice Munro Chapter 5. Caregiving and Caretaking: Affective Economies in Alice Munro Chapter 6. Forgetting and the Forgotten: Care at the Margins in David Chariandy's Soucouyant Conclusion: Imagining The Future of Care
