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Language: English
Published by University of British Columbia Press, 2014
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- Title
- Canoe Nation: Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon
- Author
- Erickson, Bruce
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 077482249X
- ISBN 13
- 9780774822497
- Item weight
- 0.85 pounds
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 argues that the canoe’s sentimental power has come about through a set of narratives that attempt to legitimize a particular vision of Canada that overvalues the nation’s connection to nature. From Alexander Mackenzie to Grey Owl to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the canoe authenticates Canada’s reputation as a tolerant, environmentalist nation, even when there is abundant evidence to the contrary. Ultimately, the stories we tell about the canoe need to be understood as moments in the ever-contested field of cultural politics.
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