Canoe Nation : Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon

Erickson, Bruce

University of British Columbia Press（2013/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 252 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780774822480
• DDC分類 305.811

Full Description

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 chronicles the story of the canoe in the Canadian imagination. He argues that the canoe's sentimental power has come about through a set of narratives that attempt to legitimize a particular vision of Canada and explores how the canoe went from being an industrial-economic vehicle to a purely recreational vessel. From Alexander Mackenzie to Grey Owl to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the canoe has been overvalued as a connection to the "nature" of Canada. Examining voyageur re-enactments, turn-of-the-century sportsman stories, and the subsequent "greening" of the canoe, this book shows how this symbol 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.

Contents

Preface: Canoeing Matters

Introduction: Canoes and the Nature of Canada

1 Pedagogical Canoes: "Forced Intimacy," Suffering, and Remembering National History

2 I Fish, Therefore I Am: Recreational Canoeing and Wilderness Travel at the Turn of the Century

3 Regimes of Whiteness: Wilderness and the Production of Abstract Space from Seton to Grey Owl

4 Recreational Nationalism: Canoeing as Political Activism

Conclusion: Future Politics and the Production of the Nation

Notes

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Index