Sam McKegney in Ottawa!

  • May 8, 2014

Please join UMP and Octopus Books in welcoming Sam McKegney to Ottawa for the launch of Masculindians.

When: Thursday, May 8, 7:00 pm
Where: Octopus Books (2nd floor, 251 Bank St.)
Cost: FREE

Featured readers include Armand Ruffo and Sam McKegney.

About the Readers
Sam McKegney is the author of Magic Weapons: Aboriginal Writers Remaking Community After Residential School and numerous articles on Indigenous and Canadian literatures. He is an associate professor of English and Cultural Studies at Queen’s University.

Armand Ruffo is an Ottawa writer and academic. His latest book is Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing Into Thunderbird.

About the Book
Between October 2010 and May 2013, Sam McKegney conducted interviews with leading Indigenous artists, critics, activists, and elders on the subject of Indigenous manhood. In offices, kitchens, and coffee shops, and once in a car driving down the 401, McKegney and his participants tackled crucial questions about masculine self-worth and how to foster balanced and empowered gender relations.

Masculindians captures twenty of these conversations in a volume that is intensely personal, yet speaks across generations, geography, and gender boundaries. As varied as their speakers, the discussions range from culture, history, and world view to gender theory, artistic representations, and activist interventions. They speak of possibility and strength, of beauty and vulnerability. They speak of sensuality, eroticism, and warriorhood, and of the corrosive influence of shame, racism, and violence. Firmly grounding Indigenous continuance in sacred landscapes, interpersonal reciprocity, and relations with other-than-human kin, these conversations honour and embolden the generative potential of healthy Indigenous masculinities.