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Slippery pastimes : reading the popular in Canadian culture / edited by Joan Nicks and Jeanette Sloniowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cultural studies series.
- Cultural studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--Canada.
- Popular culture.
- Canada--Civilization.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (356 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sixteen essays, written by specialists from many fields, grapple with the problem of a popular culture that is not very popular - but is seen by most as vital to the body politic, whether endangered by globalization or capable of politically progressive messages for its audiences. Slippery Pastimes covers a variety of topics: Canadian popular music from rock 'n' roll to country, hip-hop to pop-Celtic; television; advertising; tourism; sport and even postage stamps! As co-editors, Nicks and Sloniowski have taken an open view of the Canadian Popular, and contributors have app
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; HERITAGE; TELEVISION; MUSIC; SPORTS; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610925520
- 9781280925528
- 1280925523
- 9780889206663
- 088920666X
- OCLC:
- 191935599
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