Unbecoming nationalism : from commemoration to redress in Canada / Helene Vosters.
Unbecoming nationalism : from commemoration to redress in Canada / Helene Vosters.
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Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2019.
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G 2019/4806
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English
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Physical content
ix, 262 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Lest We Forget: The Contested Terrain of Canadian Social Memory -- Beyond the Highway of Heroes: From Reverential Silence toward a Peripheral Poetics of Lament -- The Canadian War Museum: Imagining the Canadian Nation through Military Commemoration -- Unbecoming Canadian Militarism's Forgetful Narra...
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Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Manitoba
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"Canada's recent sesquicentennial celebrations were the latest in a long, steady progression of Canadian cultural memory projects. Unbecoming Nationalism investigates the power of commemorative performances in the production of nationalist narratives. Using "unbecoming" as a theoretical framework to unsettle or decolonize nationalist narratives, He...
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Unbecoming nationalism : from commemoration to redress in Canada / Helene Vosters.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued also in electronic format.
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G 2019/4806
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74VKV5rbKNVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5rbKNVA
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ISBN
0887558410 (softcover)
9780887558412 (softcover)
DDC
971
MMS ID
991024269638702626