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When Canadians think of Saskatchewanif they think of it at allthey think "flat and boring," a place to drive through or fly over, a gap between the bigger cities to the east and west. Yet thanks to its damn-the-critics spirit, Saskatchewan is the birthplace of socialism, Medicare, and public funding for the artsall essential to the national identity. It is impossible to imagine Canada without these things and equally as impossible to imagine another part of the country filling Saskatchewan's singular role in the development of the nation. But within the country's narrative, Saskatchewan remains on the margins. In Overlooking Saskatchewan , twenty writers articulate the challenges and the power of this identity, revealing how the citizens of Saskatchewan continue to lead the way in the creation of culture and the nation's sense of self.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific: Mind the Gap
Randal Rogers
SECTION 1: EMPLACING
Chapter 1: "I Love Regina!" . . . and Its "Infinite Horizons":The Art of the Small Prairie City
Christine Ramsay
Chapter 2: Mind the Colonial Gap: The Fur Trade and Indian People of Northern Saskatchewan
Robert Wesley Heber
Chapter 3: Wide-Open Screens:Early Cinema in Saskatchewan
Paul S. Moore
Chapter 4: On Watching and Being Watched:Performing (in) Another's Place
Kathleen Irwin
Accompaniment: Notre Dame d'Auvergne
Ken Wilson
SECTION 2: ABSENTING
Chapter 5: Elephant Wake, by Joey Tremblay: Genesis of a Dying Culture or Tale of Hybridization?
Nicole Côté
Chapter 6: Secrets and Lies: Identity and Politics in the Right to Remain Silent: A Night to Remember
Brenda Beckman-Long
Chapter 7: "All But Deserted Years Ago":Electricity and the Two Saskatchewans
Bill Waiser
Chapter 8: Roadkill and the Space of the Ditch: An Artist's Meditation
David Garneau contents
SECTION 3: LOCATING
Chapter 9: Keeping Canada British: National Identityand the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan
James M. Pitsula
Chapter 10: Grey Owl: Noble Savage Poster Boy
Carmen Robertson
Chapter 11: Shaking Rattles in All Directions: Minding and Mending the Gap in Saskatchewan Science Education
Herman Michell
Chapter 12: Lost and Found: Locating the Local in Saskatchewan Filmmaking
Lee Knuttila
SECTION 4: BELONGING
Chapter 13: Native-Newcomer Relations: Reconfigurations of Saskatchewan's Diverse Social Landscapes
Terry Wotherspoon
Chapter 14: Home Away from Home:The Chinese Community in Early Saskatchewan
Ken Leyton-Brown
Chapter 15: Broken Borders, Broken Binaries: Two Spirit Youth in Saskatchewan in the Twenty-First Century
Krista Baliko and James McNinch
Chapter 16: Private Regina: The Poetics and Politics of Memory
Christina Stojanova
Chapter 17: "In the Middle of Nowhere": Little Miss Higgins Sings the Blues in Nokomis, Saskatchewan
Charity Marsh
Bibliography
Biographical Notes
Index
