Is Canada Even Real?: How a Nation Built on Hobos, Beavers, Weirdos, and Hip Hop Convinced the World to Beliebe Contributor(s): Villamere, J. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459738837 ISBN-13: 9781459738836 Publisher: Dundurn Group OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Humor | Form - Trivia - Reference | Questions & Answers - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7" (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This quirky ode to a quirky land is a humorous nostalgia trip and a fun Canadian history lesson couched in a hipster quiz book. If you've ever wondered
Is Canada even real? It's a question that's being asked more and more, thanks to our waterproof, see-through, supposedly maple-scented currency and our improbably hot prime minister's assertion that Santa lives here. In the age of Google Maps and #factcheck, how could the existence of Canada be questioned? And yet how could a nation that's the home of toboggans, Drake, and KD exist in the same realm as, say, Belgium or Niger? Is Canada Even Real? examines the cultural factors behind the twenty-first-century monolithic myth of Canada, a nation that is lovable and real -- if only in your imagination. |
Contributor Bio(s): Villamere, J. C.: - J.C. Villamere, who knew how to drive a Ski-Doo by age eight, reminds you that your country is wise and weird and you're in charge of keeping it that way. |