Creating Canada's peacekeeping past / Colin McCullough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCullough, Colin, 1982- author.

Series:

Studies in Canadian military history

Studies in Canadian military history, 1499-6251

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces.

Peace-building, Canadian--Canada--Public opinion--History.

Peace-building, Canadian.

National characteristics, Canadian.

National interest--Canada--History.

National interest.

Peacekeeping forces, Canadian--History.

Peacekeeping forces, Canadian.

Peace-building, Canadian, in literature.

Political participation.

History.

Public opinion.

Canada--Armed Forces--Political activity--History.

Canada.

Peace-building, Canadian, in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2016]

Summary:

Peacekeeping Despite efforts to relegate it to the past, what was once a central pillar in Canada's national identity has been making a comeback in recent years. Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past illuminates how participation in the United Nations' peacekeeping efforts from 1956 to 1997 became central to national self-identification in both English and French Canada. Delving into four decades worth of political rhetoric, newspaper coverage, textbooks, and more, Colin McCullough outlines continuity and change in the production and reception of messages about peacekeeping. He demonstrates that those who produced messages about peacekeeping often overlooked the particularities of individual missions, preferring to link their cultural products to political discourses about national identity. Engaging in debates about Canada's international standing, as well as its broader national character, this book is a welcome addition to the history of Canada's changing national identity. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Political Rhetoric of Peacekeeping, 1956-97 24

2 Peacekeeping in Canadian High School History Classrooms, 1959-97 53

3 The National Film Board of Canada's Representations of Peacekeeping, 1957-95 80

4 English and French Canadian Newspaper Coverage of Peacekeeping Operations, 1956-97 111

5 From Policeman to Klansman: Depictions of Peacekeeping in Newspaper Editorial Cartoons, 1956-97 142

6 Nostalgia and Commemorations of Canada's Peacekeeping Past 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-248) and index.

Other Format:

McCullough, Colin, 1982-, author. Creating Canada's peacekeeping past.

ISBN:

9780774832489

0774832487

OCLC:

951552357