Reclaiming Canadian Bodies : Visual Media and Representation /

The central focus of Reclaiming Canadian Bodies is the relationship between visual media, the construction of Canadian national identity, and notions of embodiment. It asks how particular representations of bodies are constructed and performed within the context of visual and discursive mediated con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mannik, Lynda, 1957- (Editor ), McGarry, Karen, 1972- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
National characteristics in mass media.
National characteristics, Canadian.
Mass media and nationalism.
Mass media and culture.
Canadians.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Caracteristiques nationales dans les medias.
Medias et nationalisme > Canada.
Medias et culture > Canada.
Canadiens.
Mass media and nationalism > Canada.
Mass media and culture > Canada.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Karen McGarry and Lynda Mannik
  • Section 1: Embodied Ideals. 1 The Media and the Ideal and Fat Body: An Examination of Embodiment and Affect in a Canadian Context / Wendy Mitchinson, History, University of Waterloo
  • We've Got Beaver! Women as a National Resource in Canadian Beer Commercial / Ailsa Craig, Sociology, Memorial University
  • Ethnographic Frictions and the Ice Scandal : Affect, Mass Media, and Canadian Nationalism in High-Performance Figure Skating / Karen McGarry, Anthropology, McMaster University.
  • Section 2: The Embodiment of Others. Pride, Shame, and Canadian Sporting Identities: Media Depictions of Wayne Gretzky, Ben Johnson, and Georges St-Pierre / Dale Spencer, Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Bryan Hogeveen, Sociology, University of Alberta
  • Arrivals by Boat in the Canadian Press: Humanitarian Effort or Crisis? / Lynda Mannik, Anthropology, York University.
  • Section 3: Embodied Activism and Advocacy. Feeling Our Pain: The Embodied Cinema of Loretta Todd / Jennifer L. Gauthier, Communication Studies, Randolph College
  • On Devrait Tout Detruire : Photography, Habitus, and Symbolic Violence in Clichy-sous-Bois and Regent Park / Chris Richardson, Communication Studies, Young Harris College
  • Media Legacies: Community, Memory, and Territory / Michael Connors Jackman, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Memorial University
  • Conclusion / Lynda Mannik and Karen McGarry.

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