Material Cultures in Canada

Release on 2015-06-18 | by Thomas Allen

This collection will be valuable to readers within and outside of Canada who are interested in material culture studies and, in addition, will appeal to anyone interested in the central debates taking place in Canadian political and ...

Author: Thomas Allen
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 9781771120166
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 355
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Material Cultures in Canada

Material Cultures in Canada presents the vibrant and diverse field of material culture studies in Canadian literary, artistic, and political contexts today. The first of its kind, this collection features sixteen essays by leading scholars in Canada, each of whom examines a different object of study, including the beaver, geraniums, comics, water, a musical playlist, and the human body. The book’s three sections focus, in turn, on objects that are persistently material, on things whose materiality blends into the immaterial, and on the materials of spaces. Contributors highlight some of the most exciting new developments in the field, such as the emergence of “new materialism,” affect theory, globalization studies, and environmental criticism. Although the book has a Canadian centre, the majority of its contributors consider objects that cross borders or otherwise resist national affiliation. This collection will be valuable to readers within and outside of Canada who are interested in material culture studies and, in addition, will appeal to anyone interested in the central debates taking place in Canadian political and cultural life today, such as climate change, citizenship, shifts in urban and small-town life, and the persistence of imperialism.

Language: en
Pages: 355

Material Cultures in Canada

Authors: Thomas Allen, Jennifer Blair

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-18 - Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Language: en
Pages: 285

Celebrity Cultures in Canada

Authors: Katja Lee, Lorraine York

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-20 - Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Celebrity Cultures in Canada is an interdisciplinary collection that explores celebrity phenomena and the ways they have operated and developed in Canada over the last two centuries. The chapters address a variety of cultural venues—politics, sports, film, and literature—and examine the political, cultural, material, and affective conditions that shaped celebrity

Language: en
Pages: 308

Collections and Objections

Authors: Michelle Hamilton

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-22 - Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

A nuanced study of conflicts over possession of Aboriginal artifacts.

Language: en
Pages: 345

Material Culture in Flux

Authors: Michelle Hamilton

Categories: Cultural property

Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher:

Books about Material Culture in Flux

Language: en
Pages: 163

East and Southeast Asian Material Culture in North America

Authors: Michelle Hamilton

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Greenwood

Haseltine's directory is designed primarily to contribute to the study of Asian immigration, assimilation, and ethnic distinctiveness. The cultural groups Haseltine examines are Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and Korean peoples, whose migration across the Pacific began in the mid- and late 1800s. Separate chapters treat artifacts, sites, and traditions of special