Rethinking the Great White North : race, nature, and the historical geographies of whiteness in Canada /

"Canada's claim to a distinct national identity is bound to the idea of a Great White North. Images of snow, wilderness, and emptiness in our most cherished narratives seem innocent, yet this path-breaking volume shows they contain the seeds of contemporary racism. Rethinking the Great Whi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Baldwin, Andrew, 1970-, Cameron, Laura, 1966-, Kobayashi, Audrey Lynn, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Racism > Canada.
White people > Race identity > Canada.
Indigenous peoples > Canada, Northern > Social conditions.
Personnes blanches > Identité ethnique > Canada.
Autochtones > Canada (Nord) > Conditions sociales.
Racisme > Canada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Indigenous peoples > Social conditions
Historical geography
Race relations
Racism
Social conditions
White people > Race identity
Weiße.
Soziale Situation.
Rassische Identität.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Canada > Race relations.
Canada > Historical geography.
Canada, Northern > Historical geography.
Canada, Northern > Social conditions.
Canada (Nord) > Conditions sociales.
Canada (Nord) > Géographie historique.
Canada > Géographie historique.
Canada > Relations raciales.
Canada
Northern Canada
Kanada.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Canada's claim to a distinct national identity is bound to the idea of a Great White North. Images of snow, wilderness, and emptiness in our most cherished narratives seem innocent, yet this path-breaking volume shows they contain the seeds of contemporary racism. Rethinking the Great White North moves the idea of whiteness to the centre of debates about Canadian history, geography, and identity. Informed by critical race theory and the insight that racism is geographical as well as historical and cultural, scholars from multiple disciplines explore how notions of race, whiteness, and nature helped shape the nation, from travel writing to treaty making, from scientific research to park planning, and within small towns, cities, and tourist centres. Four themes -- identity and knowledge, city spaces, Arctic journeys, and Native land -- serve as entry points to trace how Canada's identity as a white country was built on historical geographies of nature. This insightful collection not only reassesses Canadian history and identity, it offers a vocabulary for thinking about whiteness, nature, and nation as Canada enters into new debates about the North and the meaning of the nation."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 343 pages) : illustrations, map, plan
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-317) and index.
ISBN:9780774820158
0774820152
9780774820134
0774820136

Ejemplares similares