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Margot Francis - Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary - 9780774820257 - V9780774820257
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Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary

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Description for Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary Hardback. This book explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through commonplace symbols of Canadian identity and how the work of contemporary artists is subverting these nostalgic accounts of the past. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.

Creative Subversions explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through images of Canadian identity -- and the contradictory and contested meanings they evoke. These benign, even kitschy, images, she argues, are haunted by ideas about race, masculinity, and sexuality that circulated during the formative years of Anglo-Canadian nationhood.

In this richly illustrated book, Margot Francis shows how national symbols such as the beaver, the railway, the wilderness of Banff National Park, and ideas about “Indianness” evoke nostalgic versions of a past that cannot be expelled or assimilated.  Juxtaposing historical images with material by contemporary artists, she investigates how artists are giving ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774820257
SKU
V9780774820257
Shipping Time
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About Margot Francis
Margot Francis is an associate professor of women’s studies and sociology at Brock University.

Reviews for Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary
Through the concept of haunting, Francis provides a new and sophisticated way of thinking about the circulation of images of nationhood, showing how ideas about whiteness, aboriginality, race, and sexuality that were formative in the development of Anglo-Canadian nationhood continue to haunt its contemporary representations.
Anne Whitelaw, Department of Art History, Concordia University Engaging and insightful...Francis's analysis of the ... Read more

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