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37MQUPSPRING2012MuchofCanadax19scontemporaryx1bctiondisplaysaneeriefascinationwiththesupernatural.InDisPossessionMarleneGoldmaninvestigatesthelinksbetweenspectralmotifsandthesocialandhistoricalinx1cuencesthathaveshapedCanada.Incorporatingbothpsychoanalyticandnon-traditionalmethodsofliteraryanalysisGoldmanexploresthewaysinwhichspectralx1bctionsareanexpres-sionofdex1bnitiveCanadianexperiencessuchastheclashesbetweeninvadingsettlerandindigenouspopulationsthelossesincurredbyimmigrationanddiasporaandthealienationofthefemalebody.InsodoingGoldmanunearthssomeofthex1cghostsx1dofCanadiansocietyitselfx13oldtensionsandinjusticesthatcontinuetohauntethnicandgenderrelations.AnimportantcontributiontothediscussionofthechallengesposedbytheGothictodominantliterarypoliticalandsocialnarrativesDisPossessionassertsthatCanadianspectralx1bctionshavethepowertoalteracceptedversionsofCanadianhistorybyinvokingandtroublingtheprocessofgeneratingcollectivememories.MarleneGoldmanisprofessorofEnglishUniversityofTorontoandtheauthorofRewritingApocalypseinCanadianFiction.InOperationFreakChristianFlaughembarksuponanexplorationoftheintricateconnectionbetweenthephysicalbodiesandnarrativesthatsubjectedtoallmannerofoperationsgenerateidentity.Theauthorspotlightssuchvoluntaryandinvoluntaryactstoshowhowdiscoursesofabilitydisabilityandbodilymanipulationregularlyinx1cuencetheproductioninandofvariousFrancophonetexts.Flaughx19sfoundationisthecriticalexaminationofmutually-informingnarrativesFrancophonenovelsthathyperbolicallysignalnormativediscoursesthroughquintessentialx1cfreaksx1dmonstressuchastheSiamesetwinthebeardedladyandtheexoticwitchandtherelatedsocioculturalmasternarrativesfromNorthAmericaNorthAfricaandtheCaribbean.Employingdisabilityandfreakculturetheoriesalongsidestudiesofidentix1bcationandnarrativeFlaughx19sclosereadingsmovebeyondpolarizeddiscussionsofx1cdisabledx1dandx1cnon-disabledx1dbodies.Theyexpandsuchdiscussionstoarticulatehowabilityx13likeidentityandnarrativex13isimpermanent.Itpassesanditispassedthroughoutaspectrumatthesametimethatitintersectsregularlywithvariousnarrativesofidentitylikecitizenshipgenderandrace.Eachchapterrevealshowx1coperationx1disaprox1bt-drivenidentix1bcationprocessinformedbyabilitiesandconstantlyreproducedbysurgeonsslavemasterswritersandthex1cfreakx1dprotagoniststhemselves.OperationFreakillustratestheundeniablyvisceralrelationbetweenbodilyabilityidentitynarrativeandnormalitycarvedontothebodyofthefreakofculturemonstredelaculture.ChristianFlaughisassociateprofessorofFrenchandFrancophoneliteratureUniversityatBuffaloSUNY.LITERARYSTUDIESSPECIFICATIONSMarch2012978-0-7735-3950-195.00SCDN95.00SUS62.00cloth6x9384ppDisPossessionHauntinginCanadianFictionmarlenegoldmanAnexplorationintothedarkeraspectsofcontemporaryCanadianction.LITERARYSTUDIESCULTURALSTUDIESSPECIFICATIONSJune2012978-0-7735-4027-995.00SCDN95.00SUS62.00cloth6x9296ppOperationFreakNarrativeIdentityandtheSpectrumofBodilyAbilitiesinFrancophoneLiteraturechristianflaughAgroundbreakinganalysisoftheoperationstobodiesandnarrativesthatinformx13andformx13Francophoneliterature.