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The force of culture : Vincent Massey and Canadian sovereignty / / Karen A. Finlay



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Autore: Finlay Karen A. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The force of culture : Vincent Massey and Canadian sovereignty / / Karen A. Finlay Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004
©2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
Disciplina: 971.063/092
Soggetto topico: Statesmen - Canada
Art patrons - Canada
Art and state - Canada - History - 20th century
Politics and culture - Canada - History - 20th century
Nationalism - Canada - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Canada Cultural policy
Canada Intellectual life 20th century
Canada Politics and government 20th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: The 1951 Report of Canada's Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences / Moore, Mavor -- Preface -- Introduction: Character, Citizenship, and Culture - Massey's 'Other Canada' -- Part One: Culture and Education -- 1. A Methodist Educator, 1908-1921 -- 2. A National Platform for Education, 1920-1926 -- Part Two: Arts of Resistance -- 3. Becoming 'Art-Minded,' 1902-1930 -- 4. Nationalizing the Arts, 1922-1935 -- Part Three: Forging a New Framework -- 5. The State and the Arts: British Models, 1935-1946 -- 6. Arm's Length: Culture, the State, and Canadian Sovereignty, 1946-1951 -- Conclusion: The Force of Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: A misunderstood and sometimes maligned figure, Vincent Massey was one of Canada's most influential cultural policy-makers and art patrons. Best known as Canada's first native-born Governor General, he chaired the landmark Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences that led to the creation of the Canada Council. The Force of Culture examines Massey's notion of culture, its conflicted roots in late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Canadian Protestant thought, and Massey's transformation into a champion of culture as a bastion of Canadian sovereignty.Karen Finlay's study goes beyond existing literature by examining the role of Massey's Methodist upbringing in instilling an education gospel as the bedrock of culture and the foundation of a national citizenry. The study also reassesses Massey's reputation as a supporter of the fine arts. Steeped in Methodism, his attitudes towards the arts were ambiguous. He never adopted a purely art-for-art's sake doctrine, but came to understand that the arts, without being moralizing, could serve a moral and cultural purpose: the expression and affirmation of national character and sovereignty.As well as charting Massey's evolving attitudes towards culture and the arts, Finlay attempts to redress the common charges of sexism, elitism, and anglophonism levelled against him. Finlay stresses Massey's contradictory views on issues relating to gender, race, and class, outweighed by the ongoing legacy of his belief in Canadian cultural diversity. Above all, Massey valorized the principles of excellence and diversity as twin antidotes to the anathema of conformity and cultural homogenization. The tenet Massey sought to honour, pertaining deeply to the collective and moral nature of humanism in Canada, Finlay argues, was community without uniformity. The Force of Culture shows that Massey was, in certain respects, a democratizer and even a populist, who believed that difference need not divide. Disclaimer: Images removed at the request of the rights holder
Titolo autorizzato: The force of culture  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4426-5825-8
1-4426-2087-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787490503321
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Serie: Heritage