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Book SynopsisThe central focus of Reclaiming Canadian Bodies is the relationship between visual media, the construction of Canadian national identity, and notions of embodiment. It asks how particular representations of bodies are constructed and performed within the context of visual and discursive mediated content. The book emphasizes the ways individuals destabilize national mainstream visual tropes, which in turn have the potential to destabilize nationalist messages. Drawing upon rich empirical research and relevant theory, the contributors ask how and why particular bodies (of Estonian immigrants, sports stars, First Nations peoples, self-identified homosexuals, and women) are either promoted and upheld as "Canadian" bodies while others are marginalized in or excluded from media representations. Essays are grouped into three sections: Embodied Ideals, The Embodiment of "Others," and Embodied Activism and Advocacy. Written in an accessible style for a broad audience of scholars and students, this volume is original within the field of visual media, affect theory, and embodiment due to its emphasis on detailed empirical and, in some cases, ethnographic research within a Canadian context.
Table of ContentsTable of Contents for Reclaiming Canadian Bodies: Visual Media and Representation , edited by Lynda Mannik and Karen McGarry Introduction | Karen McGarry and Lynda Mannik Section 1: Embodied Ideals The Media and the Ideal and Fat Body: An Examination of Embodiment and Affect in a Canadian Context | Wendy Mitchinson We've Got Beaver! Women as a National Resource in Canadian Beer Commercials | Ailsa Craig Ethnographic "Frictions" and the "Ice Scandal": Affect, Mass Media, and Canadian Nationalism in High-Performance Figure Skating | Karen McGarry Section 2: The Embodiment of "Others" Pride, Shame, and Canadian Sporting Identities: Media Depictions of Wayne Gretzky, Ben Johnson, and Georges St-Pierre | Dale Spencer and Bryan Hogeveen Arrivals by Boat in the Canadian Press: Humanitarian Effort or Crisis? | Lynda Mannik Section 3: Embodied Activism and Advocacy Feeling Our Pain: The Embodied Cinema of Loretta Todd | Jennifer L. Gauthier "On Devrait Tout Détruire": Photography, Habitus, and Symbolic Violence in Clichy-sous-Bois and Regent Park | Chris Richardson Media Legacies: Community, Memory, and Territory | Michael Connors Jackman Conclusion | Lynda Mannik and Karen McGarry Contributors Index
