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Anne of Tim Hortons : Globalization and the Reshaping of Atlantic-Canadian Literature / Herb Wyile.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- 1961- Wyile.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature and globalization--Atlantic Provinces.
- Literature and globalization.
- Atlantic Provinces--In literature.
- Atlantic Provinces.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2011 (Beaconsfield, Quebec :
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of the work of over twenty contemporary Atlantic-Canadian writers that counters the widespread impression of Atlantic Canada as a quaint and backward place. By examining their treatment of work, culture, and history, it highlights how these writers resist the image of Atlantic Canadians as improvident and regressive, if charming, folk.
- Contents:
- "Now Our Masters Have No Borders"
- I'se the B'y That Leaves the Boats : The Changing World of Work
- Sucking the Mother Dry : The Fisheries
- "Acceptable Levels of Risk" : Mining and Offshore Oil
- Uncivil Servitude : The Service Sector
- "About as Far from Disneyland as You Can Possibly Get" : The Reshaping of Culture
- "The Simpler and More Colourful Way of Life"
- Rebuffing the Gaze
- The Age of Sale : History, Globalization, and Commodification
- "A `Sea-Change' of Sorts": Newfoundland and Labrador
- "A Place That Didn't Count Any More" : The Maritimes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613810922
- 9781554583515
- 1554583519
- 9781282233188
- 1282233181
- 9781554583706
- 1554583705
- OCLC:
- 793521363
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