Rethinking the Great White North

Rethinking the Great White North
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9780774820165
ISBN-13 : 0774820160
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Book Synopsis Rethinking the Great White North by : Andrew Baldwin

Download or read book Rethinking the Great White North written by Andrew Baldwin and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian national identity is bound to the idea of a Great White North. Images of snow, wilderness, and emptiness seem innocent, yet this path-breaking volume shows they contain the seeds of contemporary racism. Rethinking the Great White North moves the idea of whiteness to the centre of debates about Canadian history, geography, and identity. Informed by critical race theory and the insight that racism is geographical as well as historical and cultural, the contributors trace how notions of race, whiteness, and nature helped shape Canada’s identity as a white country in travel writing and treaty making; scientific research and park planning; and within small towns, cities, and tourist centres. These nuanced explorations of diverse historical geographies of nature not only revisit the past: they offer a new vocabulary for contemporary debates on Canada’s role in the North and the nature of multiculturalism.


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