Format:
1 Online-Ressource (266 pages)
ISBN:
9780203503034
Series Statement:
Indigenous Peoples and Politics Ser.
Content:
Through readings of literature, canonical history texts, studies of museum displays and media analysis, this work explores the historical formation of myths of Canadian national identity and then how these myths were challenged (and affirmed during the 1990 standoff at Oka. It draws upon history, literary criticism, anthropology, studies in nationalism and ethnicity and post-colonial theory.
Content:
Intro -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Golf Course Wars -- 2 Construction of Canadian Myths of Identity -- 3 Displacing the Native in Canadian Histories -- 4 Cultural Displays: Inside the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Outside the Canadian Embassy -- 5 At the Barricades -- 6 Interventions -- Conclusion Disappearances -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415947329
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kalant, Amelia, - 1963- National identity and the conflict at Oka New York, NY [u.a.] : Routledge, 2004 ISBN 0415947324
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Oka
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Konflikt
;
Geschichte 1990
;
Kanada
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Mythos
;
Geschichte
;
Mohawk
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Geschichte
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