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Civic Discourse and Cultural Politics in Canada A Cacophony of Voices
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Sherry Devereaux Ferguson, Leslie Regan Shade
Book Code: AB5961
ISBN: 1-56750-596-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-596-2
328 pages, photos, tables
Ablex Publishing
Publication: 8/30/2002
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • Endorsement From Rowland Lorimer
    Director, Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing:     One of Canada's contributions to the world is its embrace of diversity. Civic Discourse and Cultural Politics captures some of the key dimensions of that diversity.
  • Endorsement From Marc Raboy
    Professor, Department of Communication
    University of Montreal:     Ferguson and Shade have assembled an outstanding collection of cries that echo across Canada's civic and cultural landscape. More of a cornucopia than a cacophony, each of these voices emerges clearly as it makes a distinct statement about a particular aspect of the Canadian social condition.
Description: No previous volume has collected as interesting and broad a collection of essays on Canadian discourse and culture. This volume of representative case studies reflects the Canadian experience in terms of discourse, society, and public culture, linking its discussions to larger political and social issues and theories. Topics include:
  • Constitutional controversies
  • Cultural sovereignty
  • Feminist voices
  • Globalization
  • Internet issues
  • Marginalized communities
  • Nationalism
  • Nativity Multidisciplinary perspectives from a mix of established and emerging Canadian studies scholars converge in a highly readable, engaging, and unique book that offers a distinctive portrait of a nation not nearly as well understood as its proximity to the United States might suggest.
    • Table of Contents:
    • Introduction
    • A Cacophony of Voices: Competing for the Future by Sherry Devereaux Ferguson
    • Who's Afraid of Canadian Culture? by Leslie Regan Shade
    • Principles, Politics, Human Rights by Scott Streiner
    • Quiet Voices, Marginalized and At-Risk Communities
    • Cleaning up the City: Squeegee Kids and the Social Purification of Urban Canada by Derek Foster
    • Spatial In(queer)ies: Queer Space as Queer Voice in Calgary by Dawn E. B. Johnston
    • The Discourse of the Leading Actors in the Fight against Poverty: An Analysis of the Quebec Print Press by Marie-Nicole Cossette
    • Protecting the Kids? Debates Over Internet Content by Leslie Regan Shade
    • Strident Voices, Organized Protest, and Virtual Communities
    • Anarchy Makes a Comeback by Evan Potter
    • Standoff at Oka: Take Me to Your Leader by Sherry Devereaux Ferguson
    • Too Far, Too Fast: The Mobilization of Parents Against Neo-Liberal Restructuring in Ontario by Kirsten Kozolanka
    • The Moccasin Telegraph Goes Digital: First Nations and the Political Usage of the Internet by David Kim Juniper
    • The Internet as a Space for Civic Discourse: The Case of the Unity Debate in Canada by Chantal Benoit-Barné
    • Regional Voices, Political Issues, and Civil Society
    • The Impossibility of Conservatism: The Discourse of the New Right Ideology by Darin Barney
    • The Center-Periphery Dialectic in Cape Breton: A Discourse Analysis by Carol Corbin and Mike Hunter
    • Virtually Civil: Studio XX, Feminist Voices, and Digital Technology in Canadian Civil Society by Neil Gerlach and Sheryl N. Hamilton
    • Law and Constitution in Canadian Civil Culture by Michael Dorland and Maurice Charland
    • Public Sphere and Public Sphericules: Civic Discourse in Ethnic Media by Karim H. Karim
    • Major League Sports, Civic Discourse, and the World-Class City: A Case Study of Vancouver by Mark Douglas Lowes
    • Echoes from a Romanticized Past, Mythological Discourses
    • A Truly Comic History: Central Canadian Nationalism and the Politics of Memory by Peter Hodgins
    • Reclaiming "Authenticity": Cape Breton's Magazine and the Commodification of Insularity by Jennifer M. MacLennan and G. John Moffatt
    • Sacajewea and Her Sisters: Images and Native Women by Gail Valaskakis
    LC Card Number: 2002016338
    LCC Class: JL186
    Dewey Class: 300
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