Painting the Maple: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Construction of Canada Contributor(s): Strong-Boag, Veronica (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0774806931 ISBN-13: 9780774806930 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 971 |
Physical Information: 296 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Painting the Maple explores the critical interplay of race and gender in shaping Canadian culture, history, politics and health care. These interdisciplinary essays draw on feminist, postcolonial, and critical theory in a wide-ranging discussion that encompasses both high and popular forms of culture, the deliberation of policy and its execution, and social movements as well as individual authors and texts. The contributors establish connections among discourses of race, gender, and nation-building that have conditioned the formation of Canada for more than one hundred years. At times provocative, Painting the Maple illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future in a reimagined nation. |