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Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary

Margot Francis

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Description:Creative Subversions explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through iconic images of Canadian identity -- and the contradictory and contested meanings they evoke. These benign, even kitschy, images, she argues, are haunted by ideas about race, masculinity, and sexuality that circulated during the formative years of Anglo-Canadian nationhood.In this richly illustrated book, Margot Francis shows how national symbols such as the beaver, the railway, the wilderness of Banff National Park, and ideas about "Indianness" evoke nostalgic versions of a past that cannot be expelled or assimilated. As Canadians consume versions of a past that does not nourish, the living themselves become ghostly. Juxtaposing historical images with material by contemporary artists, Francis shows how artists are giving taken-for-granted symbols new and suggestive meanings. From director Richard Fung’s Dirty Laundry to the work of Indigenous artists Jeff Thomas and Kent Monkman and to Shauna Dempsey and Lorri Milan’s performance work Lesbian Park Rangers, this book explores how banal objects can be re-imagined in ways that offer the possibility of moving from an unproblematized possession by the past to an imaginative reconsideration of it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary. To get started finding Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Creative Subversions explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through iconic images of Canadian identity -- and the contradictory and contested meanings they evoke. These benign, even kitschy, images, she argues, are haunted by ideas about race, masculinity, and sexuality that circulated during the formative years of Anglo-Canadian nationhood.In this richly illustrated book, Margot Francis shows how national symbols such as the beaver, the railway, the wilderness of Banff National Park, and ideas about "Indianness" evoke nostalgic versions of a past that cannot be expelled or assimilated. As Canadians consume versions of a past that does not nourish, the living themselves become ghostly. Juxtaposing historical images with material by contemporary artists, Francis shows how artists are giving taken-for-granted symbols new and suggestive meanings. From director Richard Fung’s Dirty Laundry to the work of Indigenous artists Jeff Thomas and Kent Monkman and to Shauna Dempsey and Lorri Milan’s performance work Lesbian Park Rangers, this book explores how banal objects can be re-imagined in ways that offer the possibility of moving from an unproblematized possession by the past to an imaginative reconsideration of it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary. To get started finding Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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