EasternEncountersreleasesearlyCanadianwomenwritersfromasimplefocusonautobiographyandracialpoliticsandinterrogatestheirspecificandsophisticatedAsianinfluences.Withacompellingreconstructionofhistoricalcontext,Ganzhascreatedperhapsthefirstbookinamuch-neededseriesthatwillrevisitCanadiannationalismthroughtheimportantculturalexchangessheexamines.ThoughshapedwithanAsianreadershipinmind,EasternEncountersisanimportantworkforallwhowishtochallengethenotionthatJudeo-ChristiantraditionsalmostexclusivelyshapedearlyCanadiandiscourse.
