Canada and the idea of north / Sherrill E. Grace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grace, Sherrill, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada, Northern.

Northern Canada.

Canada, Northern--In literature.

Canada, Northern, in art.

National characteristics, Canadian.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 341 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2001]

Summary:

Canada and the Idea of North examines the ways in which Canadians have defined themselves as a northern people in their literature, art, music, drama, history, geography, politics, and popular culture. From the Franklin Mystery to the comic book superheroine Nelvana, Glenn Gould's documentaries, the paintings of Lawren Harris, and Molson beer ads, the idea of the north has been central to the Canadian imagination.

Sherrill Grace argues that Canadians have always used ideas of Canada-as-North to promote a distinct national identity and national unity. In a penultimate chapter -- "The North Writes Back" -- Grace presents newly emerging northern voices and shows how they view the long tradition of representing the North by southern activists, artists, and scholars.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0773522476 :

OCLC:

47690799