Canoe nation
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More than an ancient means of transportation and trade, the canoe has come to be a symbol of Canada itself. In Canoe Nation, Bruce Erickson chronicles the story of the canoe in the Canadian imagination. He argues that the canoe's sentimental power has come about through a set of narratives that attempt to legitimize a particular vision of Canada and explores how the canoe went from being an industrial-economic vehicle to a purely recreational vessel. From Alexander Mackenzie to Grey Owl to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the canoe has been overvalued as a connection to the "nature" of Canada. Examining voyageur re-enactments, turn-of-the-century sportsman stories, and the subsequent "greening" of the canoe, this book shows how this symbol authenticates Canada's reputation as a tolerant, environmentalist nation, even when there is abundant evidence to the contrary. Ultimately, the stories we tell about the canoe need to be understood as moments in the ever-contested field of cultural politics.
العنوان |
Canoe nation : nature, race, and the making of a Canadian icon / Bruce Erickson. |
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الناشر |
Vancouver : UBC Press |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2013 |
ملاحظات |
Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
رقم الرف |
Preface: Canoeing Matters -- Introduction: Canoes and the Nature of Canada -- 1 Pedagogical Canoes: "Forced Intimacy," Suffering, and Remembering National History -- 2 I Fish, Therefore I Am: Recreational Canoeing and Wilderness Travel at the Turn of the Century -- 3 Regimes of Whiteness: Wilderness and the Production of Abstract Space from Seton to Grey Owl -- 4 Recreational Nationalism: Canoeing as Political Activism -- Conclusion: Future Politics and the Production of the Nation. |
الشكل |
1 online resource (253 p.) |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
رقم النظام |
997010709766005171 |
MARC RECORDS
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