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Book SynopsisGathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future.
Trade ReviewSuch a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard * Atlantis *
A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by
Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek * The Canadian Historical Review *
Table of ContentsConstructing Canada: An Introduction by Sherrill Grace, Veronica Strong-Boag, Avigail Eisenberg, and Joan Anderson
Methodology on the Line: Constructing Meanings about 'Cultural Difference' by Isabel Dyck
Domination and Political Representation by Avigail Eisenberg
On the Outskirts of Empire: Race and Gender in Canadian TV News by Yasmin Jiwani
Keeping 'em Out: Gender, Race, and Class Biases in Canadian Immigration Policy by Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Documenting Racisim: Sharon Pollock's The Komagata Maru Incident by Sherrill Grace and Gabriele Helms
Re-Constructing Canadian Literature: The Role of Race and Gender by Christyl Verduyn
'In Another Place, Not Here': Dionne Brand's Politics of (Dis)Location by Peter Dickinson
'Red Girl's Reasoning': E. Pauline Johnson Constructs the New Nation by Veronica Strong-Boag
Encountering Anomalies: A Cultural Study of Chinese Migrants to Early Canada by Lisa Chalykoff
The Mountie and the Nurse: Cross-Cultural Relations North of 60 by Linda Warley
A Lesbian Politics of Erotic Decolonization by Becki Ross
Hegemonic Nationalism and the Politics of Feminism and Multiculturalism in Canada by Jo-Ann Lee and Linda Cardinal
Constructing Canada: The Gendering and Racializing of the Health Care System by Joan Anderson and Sheryl Kirkham
Building Transdisciplinary Standpoints: An Integrative Bibliography by Gabriele Helms, Matt James, and Patricia Rodney
