{"product_id":"before-i-was-a-critic-amy-fung-9781771665056","title":"Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being: Volume 7","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Fung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177166505X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771665056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Amy Fung","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989475787007,"sku":"9781771665056","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a2c60daf-64bc-456a-81c2-2fde448d6364.jpg?v=1683299719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-i-was-a-critic-amy-fung-9781771665056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}