Shani Mootoo Essays
Queer Parents: Family Structures in Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab and The Argonauts College
Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab
An old Chinese proverb states that, “A family in harmony will prosper in everything.” In the 21st century, harmony looks different in every household––especially queer households, which are not always conducive to the harmony of heteronormative...
Religion and Character Development in Moving Forward Sideways Like A Crab College
Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab
According to the Dalai Lama, “all religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.” The need for love, compassion, justice, honesty, and most of all...
Resistance and Healing in a Postcolonial Lantancamara: Mala Ramchandin and the Decaying Garden College
Cereus Blooms at Night
Mala Ramchandin is the main protagonist of the novel “Cereus Blooms at Night” written by Shani Mootoo in 1996. Themes of ecocriticism, transnational feminism, and the genre of minor literature, a theory popularized by philosophers and activists...