Fur nation : from the beaver to Brigitte Bardot /
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| Author / Creator: | Nadeau, Chantal, 1963- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2001. |
| Description: | xi, 237 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Writing corporealities |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4587012 |
| Summary: | Fur Nation traces the interwoven relationships between sexuality, national identity, and colonialism. Chantal Nadeau shows how Canada, a white settler colony, bases its existence and its nationhood on a complex sexual economy based on women wrapped in fur.<br> Nadeau traces the centrality of fur through a series of intriguing case studies, including:<br> * Hollywood's take on the 330 year history of the Hudson Bay Company, founded to exploit Canada's rich fur resources<br> * the life of a postwar fur fashion photographer<br> * a 1950s musical called Fur Lady<br> * the battle between Brigitte Bardot's anti-fur activists and the fur industry.<br> Nadeau highlights the connection between 'fur ladies' - women wearing, exploiting or promoting furs - and the beaver, symbol of Canada and nature's master builder. She shows how, in postcolonial Canada, the nation is sexualised around female reproduction and fur, which is both a crucial factor in economic development, and a powerful symbol through which the nation itself is conceived and commodified. Fur Nation demonstrates that, for Canada, fur really is the fabric of a nation. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 237 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415158737 0415158745 |
