{"product_id":"a-magnificent-work-daniel-oudshoorn-9781725266124","title":"A Magnificent Work","description":"A Magnificent Work is an autobiographical exploration of the interconnectedness of toxic masculinity, White supremacy, and settler colonialism within the context of Canadian-occupied territories. It is a work of \"\"documentary fiction\"\" (to use the term of W. G. Sebald) or \"\"autotheory\"\" (as proposed by Maggie Nelson). Oudshoorn moves from relating his personal experiences as both a son and a father to exploring the ways in which similar events have played out on a much larger scale within the Canadian occupation. Special attention is given to the history of the Mohawk Institute, Canada's oldest and longest-running \"\"Indian Residential School.\"\" Thus, although an Anglican bishop once described the Mohawk Institute as \"\"a magnificent work,\"\" Oudshoorn argues that the truly magnificent work that awaits people like him--notably, cishet male settlers of Christian and European descent--is the process of embodying a gentle masculinity, recovering a sense of one's proper place of connectedness within a network of relationships with varying degrees of responsibility and accountability, and striving towards decolonization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Oudshoorn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1725266121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781725266124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Resource Publications (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Daniel Oudshoorn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068985307391,"sku":"9781725266124","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7710df30-b10f-4fe1-84c2-d1777746a8d8.jpg?v=1685422135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-magnificent-work-daniel-oudshoorn-9781725266124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}