{"product_id":"canadian-cultural-studies-9780822344162","title":"Canadian Cultural Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn anthology that brings work by contemporary Canadian cultural analysts together with that of an earlier generation, including Harold Cardinal, Northrup Frye, Harold Innis, and Marshall McLuhan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCanadian Cultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e marks an important publication. . . . With contributions from media studies, literary studies, cultural studies, Aboriginal studies, and studies of multiculturalism, as well as government policy documents and a concerted effort to bridge the divide between Quebec and the rest of Canada, this reader does a great job of covering its ground. . . . [T]hese are essential essays and documents. It is, moreover, an accessible and useful text that I heartily recommend to instructors of Canadian studies looking to foster a sense of academic rigour in their courses.” - Kit Dobson, \u003ci\u003eCanadian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This reader is a timely and provocative reflection on Canadian cultural studies. While some readers may be familiar with many of the essays, encountering them again will prove to be rewarding for the new insights that their juxtapositions in this volume offer. This volume attests to not only to the substantial history of cultural theory in Canada, but also to its vibrancy.”\u003cbr\u003e - Lily Cho, \u003ci\u003eAriel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The editors deserve credit for bringing together scattered and not easily accessible seminal articles focusing on Canadian economy and polity. This anthology, comprising historical, contemporary, multidisciplinary, theoretical, and critical essays, will remain an essential sourcebook on Canadian cultural studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” - D. A. Chekki, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCanadian Cultural Studies \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant study and appropriation of some of the most important issues that have been central to the history of cultural studies. But there is more at work in this book than appropriation; \u003ci\u003eCanadian Cultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e rewrites that legacy and establishes Canada as a society in which cultural studies as a theoretical discourse and practice is being played out in ways that make this book indispensable to understanding what cultural studies has become and where it might be going in the future. This is an extraordinary book for anyone interested in cultural studies and the importance of Canada in rewriting and applying some of its most fundamental assumptions.”—\u003cb\u003eHenry A. Giroux\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eYouth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For those familiar with cultural studies in Canada, this reader offers a necessary and illuminating consolidation of key texts. For newer eyes, there is fresh inspiration. Expertly selected and organized, the material assembled here is a gilded invitation to explore this rich field of interdisciplinary and politically engaged cultural analysis. \u003ci\u003eCanadian Cultural Studies: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital contribution to contemporary currents in the study of globalization, nationhood, and identity.”—\u003cb\u003eCharles R. Acland\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eScreen Traffic: Movies, Multiplexes, and Global Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCanadian Cultural Studies\u003c\/i\u003e marks an important publication. . . . With contributions from media studies, literary studies, cultural studies, Aboriginal studies, and studies of multiculturalism, as well as government policy documents and a concerted effort to bridge the divide between Quebec and the rest of Canada, this reader does a great job of covering its ground. . . . [T]hese are essential essays and documents. It is, moreover, an accessible and useful text that I heartily recommend to instructors of Canadian studies looking to foster a sense of academic rigour in their courses.” -- Kit Dobson * Canadian Literature *\u003cbr\u003e“The editors deserve credit for bringing together scattered and not easily accessible seminal articles focusing on Canadian economy and polity. This anthology, comprising historical, contemporary, multidisciplinary, theoretical, and critical essays, will remain an essential sourcebook on Canadian cultural studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” -- D. A. Chekki * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e“This reader is a timely and provocative reflection on Canadian cultural studies. While some readers may be familiar with many of the essays, encountering them again will prove to be rewarding for the new insights that their juxtapositions in this volume offer. This volume attests to not only to the substantial history of cultural theory in Canada, but also to its vibrancy.”\u003cbr\u003e -- Lily Cho * ariel *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \/ Fredric Jameson xi\u003cbr\u003e Editors' Note xv\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xvii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Between Empires: On Cultural Studies in Canada \/ Sourayan Mookerjea, Imre Szeman, and Gail Faurschou 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Canadian Cultural Theory: Origins \u003cbr\u003e A Plea for Time \/ Harold Innis 37\u003cbr\u003e The Military Implications of the American Constitution \/ Harold Innis 54\u003cbr\u003e Canada as Counter Environment \/ Marshall McLuhan 71\u003cbr\u003e The Medium Is the Message \/ Marshall McLuhan 87\u003cbr\u003e Refus Global \/ Paul-Émile Borduas 100\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion to the \u003ci\u003eLiterary History of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Northrop Frye 111\u003cbr\u003e City of the End of Things \/ Northrop Frye 129\u003cbr\u003e Canadian Fate and Imperialism \/ George Grant 145\u003cbr\u003e In Defence of North America \/ George Grant 160\u003cbr\u003e Of a Hesitant Quebec \/ Fernand Dumont 173\u003cbr\u003e The Buckskin Curtain: The Indian-Problem Problem \/ Harold Cardinal 200\u003cbr\u003e The Old Question, but Not the Old Answers \/ Anthony Wilden 210\u003cbr\u003e 2. Contemporary Canadian Cultural Studies \u003cbr\u003e A. Nationalism and Canada 229\u003cbr\u003e The Social Identity of English Canada \/ Ian Angus 231\u003cbr\u003e \"Remembering (from) Where You're Going\": Memory as Legacy and Inheritance \/ Jocelyn Létourneau 248\u003cbr\u003e The True North Song Free \/ Rob Shields 276\u003cbr\u003e Late Nationalism: The Case of Quebec \/ Kevin Pask 289\u003cbr\u003e Technological Nationalism \/ Maurice Charland 308\u003cbr\u003e B. Race, Difference, and Multiculturalism 325\u003cbr\u003e On the Dark Side of the Nation: Politics of Multiculturalism and the State of \"Canada\" \/ Himani Bannerji 327\u003cbr\u003e In Whose Interest? Transnational Capital and the Production of Multiculturalism in Canada \/ Katharyne Mitchell 344\u003cbr\u003e Postmodernism and Cultural Politics in a Multicultural Nation: Contests over Truth in the \u003ci\u003eInto the Heart of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e Controversy \/ Eva Mackey 366\u003cbr\u003e Another Side of Me \/ Lee Maracle 383\u003cbr\u003e Tewatatha'wi: Aboriginal Nationalism in Taiaiake Alfred's \u003ci\u003ePeace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifest \u003c\/i\u003e\/ Kristina Fagan 390\u003cbr\u003e Always Indigenize! The Radical Humanities in the Postcolonial Canadian University \/ Len Findlay 405\u003cbr\u003e C. Modernity and Contemporary Culture 423\u003cbr\u003e Hauled Kicking and Screaming into Modernity: Non-Synchronicity and Globalization in Post-War Newfoundland \/ Stephen Crocker 425\u003cbr\u003e Theorizing Toronto \/ Ioan Davies 441\u003cbr\u003e Shifting Boundaries, Lines of Descent: Cultural Studies and Institutional Realignments \/ Will Straw 457\u003cbr\u003e Writing on the Border \/ Jody Berland 472\u003cbr\u003e Communities, Civic Boosterism, and Fans \/ Rick Gruneau and David Whitson 488\u003cbr\u003e Global Vistas and Local Reflection: Negotiating Place and Identity in Vancouver Television \/ Serra Tinic 501\u003cbr\u003e 3. Government Documents \u003cbr\u003e Preface to Government Documents 515\u003cbr\u003e From the \u003ci\u003eReport of the Royal Commission on National Development in Arts, Letters and Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e (Massey Commission) \/ Government of Canada 518\u003cbr\u003e From the\u003ci\u003e Report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Bi and Bi Commission) \/ Government of Canada 533\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eMulticulturalism and the Government of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e (Canadian Government Pamphlet) \/ Government of Canada 548\u003cbr\u003e Afterword. Are Cultural Studies an Anglo-Saxon Paradigm? Reflections on Cultural Studies in Francophone Networks \/ Yves Laberge 561\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 581\u003cbr\u003e Index 585","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406054859095,"sku":"9780822344162","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/canadian-cultural-studies-9780822344162","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}