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Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigenity, and the National Imaginary - Hardcover

Francis, Margot

 
9780774820257: Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigenity, and the National Imaginary
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 077482025X ISBN 13: 9780774820257
Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

In this richly illustrated book, Margot Francis explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through four icons of Canadian identity -- the beaver, the railway, the wilderness of Banff National Park, and “Indianness” -- and the contradictory and contested meanings they evoke. These seemingly benign, even kitschy, images, she argues, are haunted by ideas about race, masculinity, and sexuality that circulated during the formative years of Anglo-Canadian nationhood. Juxtaposing these nostalgic images with the work of contemporary Canadian artists, she investigates how everyday objects can be re-imagined to challenge ideas about history, memory, and national identity.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Margot Francis is an associate professor ofwomen's studies and sociology at Brock University.

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In this richly illustrated book, Margot Francis explores how
whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through four icons of
Canadian identity -- the beaver, the railway, the wilderness of Banff
National Park, and "Indianness" -- and the contradictory
and contested meanings they evoke. These seemingly benign, even
kitschy, images, she argues, are haunted by ideas about race,
masculinity, and sexuality that circulated during the formative years
of Anglo-Canadian nationhood. Juxtaposing these nostalgic images with
the work of contemporary Canadian artists, she investigates how
everyday objects can be re-imagined to challenge ideas about history,
memory, and national identity.

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In this richly illustrated book, Margot Francis explores how
whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through four icons of
Canadian identity -- the beaver, the railway, the wilderness of Banff
National Park, and "Indianness" -- and the contradictory
and contested meanings they evoke. These seemingly benign, even
kitschy, images, she argues, are haunted by ideas about race,
masculinity, and sexuality that circulated during the formative years
of Anglo-Canadian nationhood. Juxtaposing these nostalgic images with
the work of contemporary Canadian artists, she investigates how
everyday objects can be re-imagined to challenge ideas about history,
memory, and national identity.

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Verlag
University of British Columbia Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
077482025X
ISBN 13 
9780774820257
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
224
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