Ephemeral territories : representing nation, home, and identity in Canada / Erin Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Erin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Canadian.

Nationalism--Canada.

Nationalism.

Political culture--Canada.

Political culture.

Discourse analysis--Canada.

Discourse analysis.

Human territoriality--Canada.

Human territoriality.

Home--Social aspects--Canada.

Home.

Regionalism--Canada.

Regionalism.

Canada--Politics and government--1980-.

Canada.

Canada--Intellectual life.

Canada--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ephemeral Territories weaves together narratives and representations of Canadian identity-from political philosophy and cultural theory to art and films-to develop and complicate familiar views of identity and selfhood. In a critical engagement with notions of territory, identity, racial difference, separatism, multiculturalism, and homelessness, Manning delves into the question of what it means to be at home in Canada.

Contents:

Contents; Preface: Unmoored; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Close to Home: Canadian Identity, Nationalism, and Errant Politics; 1. An Excess of Seeing: Territorial Imperatives in Canadian Landscape Art; 2. Beyond Accommodation: National Space and Recalcitrant Bodies; 3. Where the Zulu Meets the Mohawk; 4. Face-to-Face with the Incommensurable: Srinivas Krishna's Lulu; 5. Dwelling within the Language of the Other; Conclusion: Water from the Rock; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-181) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9354-4

OCLC:

191938784