Inheriting a canoe paddle : the canoe in discourses of English-Canadian nationalism /

Inheriting a canoe paddle : the canoe in discourses of English-Canadian nationalism /

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Author / Creator:	Dean, Misao, author.
Imprint:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013], ©2013.
Description:	228 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cultural spaces Cultural spaces.
Subject:	Canoes and canoeing -- Social aspects -- Canada -- History. Popular culture -- Canada. Nationalism -- Canada. National characteristics, Canadian. Canoes and canoeing -- Social aspects. National characteristics, Canadian. Nationalism. Popular culture. Canada. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9043373

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ISBN:	9781442644809 144264480X 9781442612877 1442612878
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"If the canoe is a symbol of Canada, what kind of Canada does it symbolize? Inheriting a Canoe Paddle looks at how the canoe has come to symbolize love of Canada for non-aboriginal Canadians and provides a critique of this identification's unintended consequences for First Nations. Written with an engaging, personal style, it is both a scholarly examination and a personal reflection, delving into representations of canoes and canoeing in museum displays, historical re-enactments, travel narratives, the history of wilderness expeditions, artwork, film, and popular literature. Misao Dean opens the book with the story of inheriting her father's canoe paddle and goes on to explore the canoe paddle as a national symbol - integral to historical tales of exploration and trade, central to Pierre Trudeau's patriotism, and unique to Canadians wanting to distance themselves from British and American national myths. Throughout, Inheriting a Canoe Paddle emphasizes the importance of self-consciously evaluating the meaning we give to canoes as objects and to canoeing as an activity."--Pub. desc.

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