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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-101567505961
ISBN-139781567505962
eBay Product ID (ePID)2242280
Product Key Features
Number of Pages328 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCivic Discourse and Cultural Politics in Canada : a Cacophony of Voices
Publication Year2002
SubjectHuman Geography, Sociology / General, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, World / Canadian, Anthropology / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorLeslie Regan Shade
SeriesCivic Discourse for the Third Millennium Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight22.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-016338
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal300/.971
Table Of ContentIntroduction A Cacophony of Voices: Competing for the Future by Sherry Devereaux Ferguson Who's Afraid of Canadian Culture? by Leslie Regan Shade Principles, Politics, Human Rights by Scott Streiner Quiet Voices, Marginalized and At-Risk Communities Cleaning up the City: Squeegee Kids and the Social Purification of Urban Canada by Derek Foster Spatial In(queer)ies: Queer Space as Queer Voice in Calgary by Dawn E. B. Johnston The Discourse of the Leading Actors in the Fight against Poverty: An Analysis of the Quebec Print Press by Marie-Nicole Cossette Protecting the Kids? Debates Over Internet Content by Leslie Regan Shade Strident Voices, Organized Protest, and Virtual Communities Anarchy Makes a Comeback by Evan Potter Standoff at Oka: Take Me to Your Leader by Sherry Devereaux Ferguson Too Far, Too Fast: The Mobilization of Parents Against Neo-Liberal Restructuring in Ontario by Kirsten Kozolanka The Moccasin Telegraph Goes Digital: First Nations and the Political Usage of the Internet by David Kim Juniper The Internet as a Space for Civic Discourse: The Case of the Unity Debate in Canada by Chantal Benoit-Barné Regional Voices, Political Issues, and Civil Society The Impossibility of Conservatism: The Discourse of the New Right Ideology by Darin Barney The Center-Periphery Dialectic in Cape Breton: A Discourse Analysis by Carol Corbin and Mike Hunter Virtually Civil: Studio XX, Feminist Voices, and Digital Technology in Canadian Civil Society by Neil Gerlach and Sheryl N. Hamilton Law and Constitution in Canadian Civil Culture by Michael Dorland and Maurice Charland Public Sphere and Public Sphericules: Civic Discourse in Ethnic Media by Karim H. Karim Major League Sports, Civic Discourse, and the World-Class City: A Case Study of Vancouver by Mark Douglas Lowes Echoes from a Romanticized Past, Mythological Discourses A Truly Comic History: Central Canadian Nationalism and the Politics of Memory by Peter Hodgins Reclaiming "Authenticity": Cape Breton's Magazine and the Commodification of Insularity by Jennifer M. MacLennan and G. John Moffatt Sacajewea and Her Sisters: Images and Native Women by Gail Valaskakis
SynopsisNo previous volume has collected as interesting and broad a collection of essays on Canadian discourse and culture. This volume of representative case studies reflects the Canadian experience in terms of discourse, society, and public culture, linking its discussions to larger political and social issues and theories. Topics include: -Constitutional controversies -Cultural sovereignty -Feminist voices -Globalization -Internet issues -Marginalized communities -Nationalism -Nativity Multidisciplinary perspectives from a mix of established and emerging Canadian studies scholars converge in a highly readable, engaging, and unique book that offers a distinctive portrait of a nation not nearly as well understood as its proximity to the United States might suggest., Representative case studies reflect the Canadian experience in terms of discourse, society, and public culture, linking its discussions to larger political and social issues and theories., No previous volume has collected as interesting and broad a collection of essays on Canadian discourse and culture. This volume of representative case studies reflects the Canadian experience in terms of discourse, society, and public culture, linking its discussions to larger political and social issues and theories. Topics include: *Constitutional controversies *Cultural sovereignty *Feminist voices *Globalization *Internet issues *Marginalized communities *Nationalism *Nativity Multidisciplinary perspectives from a mix of established and emerging Canadian studies scholars converge in a highly readable, engaging, and unique book that offers a distinctive portrait of a nation not nearly as well understood as its proximity to the United States might suggest.
LC Classification NumberJL186
