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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151630303321

Titolo

Slippery pastimes [[electronic resource] ] : reading the popular in Canadian culture / / edited by Joan Nicks and Jeanette Sloniowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-280-92552-3

9786610925520

0-88920-666-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Collana

Cultural studies series

Altri autori (Persone)

NicksJoan <1937->

SloniowskiJeannette <1946->

Disciplina

306/.0971

Soggetti

Popular culture - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; HERITAGE; TELEVISION; MUSIC; SPORTS; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Sixteen essays, written by specialists from many fields, grapple with the problem of a popular culture that is not very popular - but is seen by most as vital to the body politic, whether endangered by globalization or capable of politically progressive messages for its audiences.     Slippery Pastimes covers a variety of topics: Canadian popular music from rock 'n' roll to country, hip-hop to pop-Celtic; television; advertising; tourism; sport and even postage stamps! As co-editors, Nicks and Sloniowski have taken an open view of the Canadian Popular, and contributors have app