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Desiring Canada : CBC contests, hockey violence and other stately pleasures /

This lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cormack, Patricia
Otros Autores: Cosgrave, James F., 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2013
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1 Contesting Canada at the CBC
  • 2 'Always Fresh, Always There': Tim Hortons and the Consumer-Citizen
  • 3 'Our Game': Hockey, Civilizing Projects, and Domestic Violence
  • 4 Peace, Order and Good Gambling
  • 5 The Funny State Apparatus
  • Conclusion: 'Minding the Gap'.