04334nam 2200793 450 991045638070332120200520144314.00-8020-9642-51-282-02314-497866120231491-4426-8335-X10.3138/9781442683358(CKB)2420000000004548(OCoLC)666910787(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218812(SSID)ssj0000776531(PQKBManifestationID)12257919(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000776531(PQKBWorkID)10744869(PQKB)10158648(SSID)ssj0000313203(PQKBManifestationID)11240409(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313203(PQKBWorkID)10351600(PQKB)10490227(CaBNvSL)thg00600362 (MiAaPQ)EBC3254907(MiAaPQ)EBC4672250(DE-B1597)465112(OCoLC)944177300(OCoLC)999377764(DE-B1597)9781442683358(Au-PeEL)EBL4672250(CaPaEBR)ebr11257924(OCoLC)958565180(EXLCZ)99242000000000454820160922h20062006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWhite civility the literary project of English Canada /Daniel ColemanToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2006.©20061 online resource (331 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-3707-0 0-8020-9120-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. White Civility: The Literary Project of English Canada -- 2. The Loyalist Brother: Fratricide and Civility in English Canada's Story of Origins -- 3. The Enterprising Scottish Orphan: Inventing the Properties of English Canadian Character -- 4. The Muscular Christian in Fictions of the Canadian West -- 5. The Maturing Colonial Son: Manning the Borders of White Civility -- 6. Wry Civility -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Illustration Credits -- IndexIn White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders. He argues that a specific form of whiteness emerged in Canada that was heavily influenced by Britishness. Examining four allegorical figures that recur in a wide range of Canadian writings between 1820 and 1950 - the Loyalist fratricide, the enterprising Scottish orphan, the muscular Christian, and the maturing colonial son - Coleman outlines a genealogy of Canadian whiteness that remains powerfully influential in Canadian thinking to this day. Blending traditional literary analysis with the approaches of cultural studies and critical race theory, White Civility examines canonical literary texts, popular journalism, and mass market bestsellers to trace widespread ideas about Canadian citizenship during the optimistic nation-building years as well as during the years of disillusionment that followed the First World War and the Great Depression. Tracing the consistent project of white civility in Canadian letters, Coleman calls for resistance to this project by transforming whiteness into wry civility, unearthing rather than disavowing the history of racism in Canadian literary culture.Canadian literatureHistory and criticismCanadian literatureWhite authorsHistory and criticismRace relations in literatureCanadaRace relationsElectronic books.Canadian literatureHistory and criticism.Canadian literatureWhite authorsHistory and criticism.Race relations in literature.810.9971Coleman Daniel1961-1032835MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456380703321White civility2450928UNINA