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Format: ix, 318 Seiten , Illustrationen, Karten , 24 cm

ISBN: 0774836679 , 9780774836678

Content: "The creation of the Canada-US border in the Pacific Northwest is often presented as a tale of two nations and two ideologies, but beyond the macro-political dynamics is the experience of individuals. Before and After the State takes a multidisciplinary approach to examining the imposition of a border across a region that already held a vibrant, highly complex society and dynamic trading networks. It details the evolution of local, trading, and immigrant populations as they moved into the Pacific Northwest and imposed control over public power. Allan McDougall, Lisa Philips, and Daniel Boxberger use case studies to document the malleable character of identity - the discrepancy between individual lives and externally imposed assessments of those lives - and review the strength of national narratives north and south of the border. The authors explore fundamental questions of state formation, social transformation, and the (re)construction of identity to expose the devices and myths of nation building. In revealing the mechanics of this transformation, they demonstrate how the creation of nation states and borders affected the people who lived in the region before and through the transition - with repercussions that still reverberate."--

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774836692

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774836708

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774836715

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Nordamerika ; USA ; Kanada ; Grenzgebiet ; Politik ; Gesellschaft ; Soziale Situation ; Geschichte

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Format: ix, 318 Seiten : , Illustrationen, Karten.

ISBN: 978-0-7748-3667-8 , 978-0-7748-3668-5

Content: "The creation of the Canada-US border in the Pacific Northwest is often presented as a tale of two nations and two ideologies, but beyond the macro-political dynamics is the experience of individuals. Before and After the State takes a multidisciplinary approach to examining the imposition of a border across a region that already held a vibrant, highly complex society and dynamic trading networks. It details the evolution of local, trading, and immigrant populations as they moved into the Pacific Northwest and imposed control over public power. Allan McDougall, Lisa Philips, and Daniel Boxberger use case studies to document the malleable character of identity - the discrepancy between individual lives and externally imposed assessments of those lives - and review the strength of national narratives north and south of the border. The authors explore fundamental questions of state formation, social transformation, and the (re)construction of identity to expose the devices and myths of nation building. In revealing the mechanics of this transformation, they demonstrate how the creation of nation states and borders affected the people who lived in the region before and through the transition - with repercussions that still reverberate."--

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-0-7748-3669-2

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-0-7748-3670-8

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, Kindle ISBN 978-0-7748-3671-5

Language: English

Keywords: Grenzgebiet ; Politik ; Gesellschaft ; Soziale Situation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; History

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Format: 1 online resource (264 p.)

ISBN: 9781487575083

Series Statement: Heritage

Content: The Anihshininiwak, an Algonquian people who live in the remote subarctic forests of northwestern Ontario, speak a variety of Ojibwe that represents one of the most robust indigenous languages in North America. In this book, Lisa Valentine explores the language and discourse of the people of Lynx Lake, an Anihshininiwak community where every member uses the Severn Ojibwe language. For the most part, anthropologists translate, interpret, and report the discourse of the peoples they study. In this study, the Anihshininiwak speak for themselves. Valentine presents their voices as the focus of her research and a guide to their culture, which she finds to be unique in its integration of contemporary ideas and technology into a traditional lifestyle. In adapting radio and television to community service and in their approach to Native-language literacy, this singular group confirms that new technologies are not necessarily precursors to enculturation. Culture-external institutions, including Christianity, have also been subject to active transformation by the people of Lynx Lake, who are the central actors of Making It Their Own. In this fascinating ethnographic study, Valentine guides the reader through the language, geography, and sociology of the Lynx Lake community, yet we never lose sight of the emotional dimensions of daily life.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , 1. Discourse and Ethnographic Research -- , 2. Overview: Severn Ojibwe and the People of Lynx Lake -- , 3. Technology and Talk: Technological Change and Emerging Speech Events in Lynx Lake -- , 4. Use of Multiple Codes: Code Switching, Language Levelling, and Language Attitudes -- , 5. (Can You Write Syllabics?): Literacy in Lynx Lake -- , 6. Intersection of Language and Music -- , 7. Church, Discourse, Church Discourse, and Discourse about the Church -- , 8. Telling Stories: First-Person Narrative in Severn Ojibwe -- , 9. When Humans Could Talk with Animals: Legend-Myth in Lynx Lake -- , 10. 'Work to Create the Future You Want' -- , Postscript -- , Appendix 1: Typological Overview of Severn Ojibwe -- , Appendix 2: Terms for Talk -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781487575083

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487575083

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Format: 21 S.

Series Statement: Paper / Linguistic Agency, Universität Essen : Ser. A, General and theoretical papers 532

Language: English