Creative subversions : whiteness, indigeneity and the national imaginary /

"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. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Francis, Margot
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Nationalism > Canada.
Patriotism > Canada.
National characteristics, Canadian.
Emblems, National > Canada.
Indigenous peoples > Canada.
Nationalisme > Canada.
Patriotisme > Canada.
Canadiens.
Emblèmes nationaux > Canada.
Peuples autochtones > Canada.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Indigenous peoples.
Emblems, National.
Nationalism.
Patriotism.
Patriotismus.
Nationalismus.
Indigenes Volk.
Geschichte.
Canada > Symbolic representation.
Canada > Représentation symbolique.
Canada.
Kanada.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "Ghosts Trying to Find Their Clothes"
  • The Strange Career of the Beaver: Anthropomorphic Discourse and Imperial History
  • Things Not Named: Bachelors, Dirty Laundry, and the Canadian Pacific Railway
  • Banff National Park: Rangers on the Mountain Frontier
  • Playing Indian: Indigenous Responses to "Indianness"
  • Conclusion: Living in "Haunted Places."

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