Physicality, Landscape, Language … Home: Locating and Connecting to Place in David Bouchard’s ‘Cultural Books’

• Published in: Language and Literacy
• Main Author: Joanie Crandall
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada 2017
• Subjects: reading; new literacies; bouchard; michif; cree; delaware; kwak’wala; mi’kmaq; ojibwe; ojibway; innu; lenape; first nations; canadian; cultural texts; dual language texts; picture books; history; environment; citizenship; social justice; Theory and practice of education; LB5-3640; Language and Literature; P; Bouchard; First Nations; Mi’kmaq
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.20360/G29W9N; https://doaj.org/article/3ecb786d81ba4fc6a086d73c4e2f04ca

David Bouchard bridges cultures in his dual language oeuvre. Through notions of the physical and the Canadian landscape, and in First Nations, Michif, and European-descended languages, Bouchard is able to create narratives of place through poetry, storytelling, and descriptive chirography. The texts, which are complemented by prominent First Nations artists’ illustrations and music, embody Bouchard’s reclamation of his cultural heritages for himself and his daughter.