Temagami's tangled wild : race, gender, and the making of Canadian nature / Jocelyn Thorpe; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorpe, Jocelyn, Author.

Series:

Nature, history, society.

Nature, history, society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temagami First Nation--History.

Temagami First Nation.

Social ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Temagami's Tangled Wild traces the processes and power relationships through which the Temagami area of northeastern Ontario has become emblematic of Canadian wilderness. In this sophisticated analysis, Jocelyn Thorpe uncovers how struggles over meaning, racialized and gendered identities, and land have made Temagami a site of wild Canadian nature. Despite the fact that the Teme-Augama Anishnabai have for many generations understood the region as their homeland rather than as a wilderness, the forestry and tourism industries, as well as Canadian law, have refused to acknowledge this claim. Instead, the concept of wilderness has been employed to aid in Aboriginal dispossession and to create a home for non-Aboriginal Canadians on Native land. An eloquent critique and engaging history, Temagami's Tangled Wild challenges readers to acknowledge how colonial relations are embedded in our notions of wilderness, and to reconsider our understanding of the wilderness ideal.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Tangled Wild

2.Timber Nature

3.Virgin Territory for the Sportsman

4.A Rocky Reserve

5.Legal Landscapes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-12511-X

9786613528971

0-7748-2202-3

OCLC:

753229402