The quest of the folk : antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia /

Argues that the popular conception of Nova Scotians as a pure, simple, idyllic people is false. This title shows how the province's tourism industry and cultural producers manipulated and refashioned the cultural identity of the region and its people to project traditional folk values. It exami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKay, Ian, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1994.
Colección:Carleton library series.
Temas:
Tourism > Social aspects > Nova Scotia.
Folklorists > Nova Scotia.
Tourisme > Aspect social > Nouvelle-Écosse.
Folkloristes > Nouvelle-Écosse.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Folklore > Social aspects
Folklorists
Manners and customs
Tourism > Social aspects
Folklorismus
Culturele identiteit.
Volkscultuur.
Mythevorming.
Nova Scotia > Folklore > Social aspects.
Nova Scotia > Social life and customs.
Nova Scotia
Nouvelle-Écosse > Folklore > Aspect social.
Nouvelle-Écosse > Moeurs et coutumes.
Culture
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Argues that the popular conception of Nova Scotians as a pure, simple, idyllic people is false. This title shows how the province's tourism industry and cultural producers manipulated and refashioned the cultural identity of the region and its people to project traditional folk values. It examines how Nova Scotia's cultural history was rewritten.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-366) and index.
ISBN:9780773575431
077357543X
9780773564688
0773564683

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