{"product_id":"creative-subversions-9780774820264","title":"Creative Subversions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through commonplace symbols of Canadian identity and how the work of contemporary artists is subverting these nostalgic accounts of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the concept of haunting, Francis provides a new and sophisticated way of thinking about the circulation of images of nationhood, showing how ideas about whiteness, aboriginality, race, and sexuality that were formative in the development of Anglo-Canadian nationhood continue to haunt its contemporary representations. -- Anne Whitelaw, Department of Art History, Concordia University\u003cbr\u003eEngaging and insightful...Francis's analysis of the history of national parks in Canada and their meaning for national identity will ring particularly true to anyone familiar with the substantial literature in the United States on its national parks system. -- Chris Herbert, Grand Valley State University * BC Studies, No. 176, Winter 2012-13 *\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to its scholarly rigour and theoretical sophistication, Creative Subversions is highly readable and engaging...This book is a major contribution to the study of Canada across the disciplines of history, art history, media and film studies, and cultural studies, and it will also be of value to scholars and students of colonialism and culture more generally. -- Candida Rifkind, University of Winnipeg * Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Vol 14, No 1, 2013 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: \"Ghosts Trying to Find Their Clothes\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Strange Career of the Beaver: Anthropomorphic Discourse and Imperial History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Things Not Named: Bachelors, \u003cem\u003eDirty Laundry,\u003c\/em\u003e and the Canadian Pacific Railway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Exploring Banff National Park: Rangers on the Mountain Frontier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Playing Indian: Indigenous Responses to Indianness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Conclusion: Living in “Haunted Places”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003eIndex","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404922724695,"sku":"9780774820264","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774820264.jpg?v=1730488067","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creative-subversions-9780774820264","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}