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Maeve Conrick - Landscapes and Landmarks of Canada: Real, Imagined, (Re)Viewed - 9781771122016 - V9781771122016
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Landscapes and Landmarks of Canada: Real, Imagined, (Re)Viewed

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Description for Landscapes and Landmarks of Canada: Real, Imagined, (Re)Viewed Paperback. Shows how the natural landscape and the built environment are both the product of and actors in the creation of ideological notions of Canada. Interdisciplinary in focus, it offers a perspective on land, landscape and landmarks in Canada by scholars from the UK, Ireland and the USA as well as Canadian-based scholars from France, Ireland and Canada. Editor(s): Conrick, Maeve; Eagles, Munroe; Koustas, Jane. Num Pages: 245 pages, 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 429.
The image of the land is an ongoing trope in conceptions of Canadaafrom the national anthem and the flag to the symbols on coinsathe land and nature remain linked to the Canadian sense of belonging and to the image of the nation abroad. Linguistic landscapes reflect the multi-faceted identities and cultural richness of the nations. Earlier portrayals of the land focused on unspoiled landscape, depicted in the paintings of the Group of Seven, for example. Contemporary notions of identity, belonging, and citizenship are established, contested, and legitimized within sites and institutions of public culture, heritage, and representation that ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781771122016
SKU
V9781771122016
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Ref
99-15

About Maeve Conrick
Maeve Conrick is a professor and principal of the UCD College of Arts and Celtic Studies, University College Dublin. She has published extensively in books, journals, and edited collections in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, with particular reference to French and English. She is a former president of the Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland and recipient of the Prix du ... Read more

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