Overview
This collection of essays analyzes the roles played by constructions of race and gender in shaping Canadian identity as represented in the country's history, politics and health care. The essays draw on feminist, postcolonial and cultural theory to explore high and popular forms of culture, policy developments and implementations, social movements and biography. The authors establish connections along discourses of race, gender and nation-building that have conditioned the formation of Canada.
Full Product Details
Author: Veronica Strong-Boag ,
Sherrill Grace ,
Joan M. Anderson ,
Avigail Eisenberg
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780774806930
ISBN 10: 0774806931
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 May 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Such a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard * Atlantis * A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek * The Canadian Historical Review *
Such a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard Atlantis A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek The Canadian Historical Review
Author Information
Veronica Strong-Boag, Sherrill Grace, AvigailEisenberg, and Joan Anderson are professorsat the University of British Columbia in the Departments of Educationand Women's Studies, English, Political Science, and Nursing,respectively.
