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Jennifer Reid

Jennifer Reid received her PhD from the University of Ottawa and is a professor of religion at the University of Maine, Farmington. She is the author of Myth, Symbol and Colonial Encounter and Worse than Beasts: An Anatomy of Melancholy and the Literature of Travel in 17th and 18th Century England.

Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada

Mythic Discourse and the Postcolonial State

Jennifer Reid (Author)

Politician, founder of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis, Louis Riel led two resistance movements against the Canadian government. Against the backdrop of these legendary uprisings, Jennifer Reid examines Riel’s religious background, the mythic significance ascribed to him, and how these elements combined to influence Canada’s national identity.