Outputs (8)

Podcast: The Many Lives of Frank Prewett (2021)
Digital Artefact
Porter, J. (2021). Podcast: The Many Lives of Frank Prewett

Patrice Dutil talks with Joy Porter of the University of Hull (UK) about her latest book, an exploration of the poet Frank Prewett, Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett. It is published by Bloomsbury Press. Prewett... Read More about Podcast: The Many Lives of Frank Prewett.

Treatied space: North American indigenous treaties in a global context (2021)
Book Chapter
Porter, J. (2021). Treatied space: North American indigenous treaties in a global context. In A. McGrath, & L. Russell (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Global Indigenous History (259-278). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315181929

All communities and individuals living on North American land are, in a geo-political sense, ‘treaty people’ and attention to treaty history is vital to the challenge of addressing the profound environmental, technological, and resource-use changes o... Read More about Treatied space: North American indigenous treaties in a global context.

Podcast: Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett (2021)
Digital Artefact
Porter, J. (2021). Podcast: Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett

In Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), Joy Porter examines the extraordinary life of Frank “Toronto” Prewett and the history of trauma, literary expression, and the power of self-repre... Read More about Podcast: Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett.

The Best Books on the Cultural History of the First World War (2021)
Digital Artefact
Porter, J. (2021). The Best Books on the Cultural History of the First World War. [Text and images]

Recentering Indigenous Foodways in North America (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Porter, J., & Robin, T. (2021, June). Recentering Indigenous Foodways in North America. Presented at Mayflower Lecture 2021, Arts Centre, The University of Plymouth

Food is the foundation for life. Using the past to inform the present, this webinar will explore Indigenous foodways and the politics of food sovereignty across deep time in North America.

Featuring exceptional new scholarship from the mixed ances... Read More about Recentering Indigenous Foodways in North America.

The Making of Frank 'Toronto' Prewett: Poetry, Trauma and Identity (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Porter, J. The Making of Frank 'Toronto' Prewett: Poetry, Trauma and Identity. [British Library Player Archive]. Performed at London. 15 June 2021

Drawing from her new biography, Trauma, Primitivism, and the First World War: The Making of Frank ‘Toronto’ Prewett, Joy Porter explores the extraordinary life of this Canadian veteran, poet and exceptional man of letters, and the history of trauma,... Read More about The Making of Frank 'Toronto' Prewett: Poetry, Trauma and Identity.

Book launch: "Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett" (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Porter, J. (2021, June). Book launch: "Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett"

Video of the launch hosted by the Eccles Centre and the British Library on 15 June 2021

Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett (2021)
Book
Porter, J. (2021). Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett. Bloomsbury Press

This book examines the extraordinary life of Frank "Toronto" Prewett and the history of trauma, literary expression, and the power of self-representation after WWI. Joy Porter sheds new light on how the First World War affected the Canadian poet, and... Read More about Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett.