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Vol. 49 No. 2 (2024): Special Issue: (Re)Reading Race and Colonialism in the Québécois Canon / (Re)lire la race et le colonialisme dans le canon Québécois

(Re)Claiming Montreal as the Legacy of Angélique in Afro-Québécois Literature

Submitted
February 24, 2026
Published
2026-03-06

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