The Iconic North
Cultural Constructions of Aboriginal Life in Postwar Canada
Nonfiction, History, Americas, Native American, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy
| Author: | Joan Sangster | ISBN: | 9780774831864 |
| Publisher: | UBC Press | Publication: | May 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | UBC Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joan Sangster |
| ISBN: | 9780774831864 |
| Publisher: | UBC Press |
| Publication: | May 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | UBC Press |
| Language: | English |
Resilient ideological assumptions, shifting economic priorities, and government policy in the postwar era influenced how northern culture was represented in popular Canadian imagery. In an enlightening exposure of Canada’s cultural landscape, The Iconic North lays bare the relationship between settler nation building and popular images of Aboriginal experience. Joan Sangster redirects the debates about the geopolitical prospects of the North by addressing how women and gender relations have played a key role in the history of northern development. She reveals how assumptions about both Indigenous and non-Indigenous women shaped gender, class, and political relationships in the circumpolar north – a region now commanding more of the world’s attention.
Resilient ideological assumptions, shifting economic priorities, and government policy in the postwar era influenced how northern culture was represented in popular Canadian imagery. In an enlightening exposure of Canada’s cultural landscape, The Iconic North lays bare the relationship between settler nation building and popular images of Aboriginal experience. Joan Sangster redirects the debates about the geopolitical prospects of the North by addressing how women and gender relations have played a key role in the history of northern development. She reveals how assumptions about both Indigenous and non-Indigenous women shaped gender, class, and political relationships in the circumpolar north – a region now commanding more of the world’s attention.
