Reclaiming Canadian Bodies : Visual Media and Representation / Karen McGarry and Lynda Mannik, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mannik, Lynda, 1957- editor.

McGarry, Karen, 1972- editor.

Series:

Cultural studies series (Waterloo, Ont.)

Cultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics in mass media.

Mass media and nationalism--Canada.

Mass media and nationalism.

Mass media and culture--Canada.

Mass media and culture.

National characteristics, Canadian.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Onatario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The central focus of Reclaiming Canadian Bodies is the relationship between visual media, the construction of Canadian national identity, and notions of embodiment. It asks how particular representations of bodies are constructed and performed within the context of visual and discursive mediated content. The book emphasizes the ways individuals destabilize national mainstream visual tropes, which in turn have the potential to destabilize nationalist messages.Drawing upon rich empirical research and relevant theory, the contributors ask how and why particular bodies (of Estonian immigrants, sports stars, First Nations peoples, self-identified homosexuals, and women) are either promoted and upheld as "Canadian" bodies while others are marginalized in or excluded from media representations. Essays are grouped into three sections: Embodied Ideals, The Embodiment of "Others," and Embodied Activism and Advocacy. Written in an accessible style for a broad audience of scholars and students, this volume is original within the field of visual media, affect theory, and embodiment due to its emphasis on detailed empirical and, in some cases, ethnographic research within a Canadian context.

Contents:

Introduction / Karen McGarry and Lynda Mannik

Section 1: Embodied Ideals. 1 The Media and the Ideal and Fat Body: An Examination of Embodiment and Affect in a Canadian Context / Wendy Mitchinson, History, University of Waterloo

We've Got Beaver! Women as a National Resource in Canadian Beer Commercial / Ailsa Craig, Sociology, Memorial University

Ethnographic Frictions and the Ice Scandal : Affect, Mass Media, and Canadian Nationalism in High-Performance Figure Skating / Karen McGarry, Anthropology, McMaster University

Section 2: The Embodiment of Others. Pride, Shame, and Canadian Sporting Identities: Media Depictions of Wayne Gretzky, Ben Johnson, and Georges St-Pierre / Dale Spencer, Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Bryan Hogeveen, Sociology, University of Alberta

Arrivals by Boat in the Canadian Press: Humanitarian Effort or Crisis? / Lynda Mannik, Anthropology, York University

Section 3: Embodied Activism and Advocacy. Feeling Our Pain: The Embodied Cinema of Loretta Todd / Jennifer L. Gauthier, Communication Studies, Randolph College

On Devrait Tout Détruire : Photography, Habitus, and Symbolic Violence in Clichy-sous-Bois and Regent Park / Chris Richardson, Communication Studies, Young Harris College

Media Legacies: Community, Memory, and Territory / Michael Connors Jackman, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Memorial University

Conclusion / Lynda Mannik and Karen McGarry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781554589920

1554589924

9781554589913

1554589916

OCLC:

907558319