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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819887003321

Titolo

Parallel encounters : culture at the Canada-US border / / Gillian Roberts and David Stirrup, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ontario : , : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , [2013]

©2013

Beaconsfield, Quebec : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2014

ISBN

1-55458-999-1

1-55458-998-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Cultural studies series

Disciplina

303.48/271073

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Travel

Globalization - Social aspects

Transnationalism - Social aspects

Canada Civilization American influences

Northern boundary of the United States Civilization

Canada Relations United States

United States Relations Canada

Canada Boundaries United States

United States Boundaries Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction: Culture at the 49th Parallel: Nationalism, Indigeneity, and the Hemispheric""; ""Popular Culture and/at the Border""; ""2 Queer(y)ing Fur: Reading Fashion Television�s Border Crossings""; ""3 Meanings of Health as Cultural Identity and Ideology Across the Canada�US Border""; ""4 Television, Nation, and National Security: The CBC�s The Border""; ""5 “Normalizing Relations�: The Canada/Cuban Imaginary on the Fringe of Border Discourse""

""6 How, Exactly, Does the Beaver Bite Back? The Case of Canadian Students Viewing Paul Haggis�s Crash""""Indigenous Cultures and



North American Borders""; ""7 Discursive Positioning: A Comparative Study of Postcolonialism in Native Studies Across the US�Canada Border""; ""8 Strategic Parallels: Invoking the Border in Thomas King�s Green Grass, Running Water and Drew Hayden Taylor�s In a World Created by a Drunken God""; ""9 Waste-full Crossings in Thomas King�s Truth & Bright Water""; ""10 Bridging the Third Bank: Indigeneity and Installation Art at the Canada�US Border""