response essay

 Julie Nagam, “Travelling Soles: Tracing the Footprints of Our Stolen Sisters” from Performance Studies in Canada, edited by Laura Levin and Marlis Schweitzer. 

 Your response must answer all the following questions, in the order listed: 

1. What is the author saying in this specific passage? You must explain the passage by PARAPHRASING the passage in your own words: what are the key points the author is making in this passage? 

2. How is this passage linked to the author’s thesis? That is, how is this passage linked to Nagam’s argument that, “critical engagement through performance can serve as decolonizing tool” (116)? Be sure to cite directly from the text itself (use quotation marks, and include page numbers in parenthesis). 3. For Nagam, why are “embodied geographies” an important way to (re)map space? Please note: To answer this question, you must first define both what Nagam means by “embodied geographies” and what she means by the concept of (re)mapping space. 

 Reminders: • This is a close reading assignment. Use only the text assigned. Do not use any other texts. • Be sure to support your response by citing directly from the text itself (use quotation marks, and include page numbers in parenthesis).