Inheriting a canoe paddle : the canoe in discourses of English-Canadian nationalism /
"If the canoe is a symbol of Canada, what kind of Canada does it symbolize? Inheriting a Canoe Paddlenbsp;looks at how the canoe has come to symbolize love of Canada for non-aboriginal Canadians and provides a critique of this identification's unintended consequences for First Nations. Wri...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London :
University of Toronto Press
[2013]
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| Series: | Cultural spaces.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442661752 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Inheriting a canoe paddle
- 1. Inheriting a literary tradition: Paddling the uncanny canoe
- 2. Inheriting a historiographic tradition: Canada is a canoe route
- 3. "The Anglo-Saxon idea of pleasure": Eric Morse and recreational wilderness canoeing
- 4. The Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant as historical re-enactment
- 5. Reading/writing the wilderness canoe trip
- 6. Return to Eden: Bill Mason, canoeing, and environmentalism
- 7. Recapitulation: The Canadian Canoe Museum
- 8. Decolonizing the canoe.