Canoe nation : nature, race, and the making of a Canadian icon /

More than an ancient means of transportation and trade, the canoe has come to be a symbol of Canada itself. In Canoe Nation, Bruce Erickson chronicles the story of the canoe in the Canadian imagination. He argues that the canoe's sentimental power has come about through a set of narratives that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Erickson, Bruce, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Canoes and canoeing > Canada > History.
Canoes and canoeing > Social aspects > Canada > History.
Canoes and canoeing > Political aspects > Canada > History.
Nature > Social aspects > Canada > History.
National characteristics, Canadian > History.
Nature > Aspect social > Canada > Histoire.
Canadiens > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Canoeing.
Canoes and canoeing.
Canoes and canoeing > Social aspects.
National characteristics, Canadian.
Nature > Social aspects.
Canada.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Canoeing matters
  • Introduction: Canoes and the nature of Canada
  • Pedagogical canoes: "Forced intimacy," suffering, and remembering National history
  • I fish, therefore I am: Recreational canoeing and wilderness travel at the turn of the century
  • Regimes of whiteness: Wilderness and the production of abstract space for Seton to Grey Owl
  • Recreational nationalism: Canoeing as political activism
  • Conclusion: Future politics and the production of the nation.

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