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Sport, Visual Culture, and Identity in Montreal, 1840-85
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Gillian Poulter
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$85.00 Hardcover
Release Date: 5/21/2009
ISBN: 9780774814416
$34.95 Paperback
Release Date: 1/1/2010
ISBN: 9780774814423
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About the Book
The birth of Canadian identity and nationalism is often associated with political and military events in the twentieth century. This incisive, richly illustrated book draws upon visual images and representations of four cultural areas -- sports clubs, the William Notman Photographic Studies, winter carnivals, and the Northwest Rebellion -- to demonstrate that a new, native Canadian identity emerged much earlier in Montreal between 1840 and 1885.
How did British colonists in Victorian Montreal come to think of themselves as "native Canadian"? Gillian Poulter reveals that colonists adopted Aboriginal and French Canadian activities -- hunting, lacrosse, snowshoeing, and tobogganing -- and then imposed upon them British ideologies of order, discipline, and fair play. In the process, they constructed national attributes, or visual icons, that came to be recognized at home and abroad as distinctly "Canadian." The new Canadian nationality mimicked indigenous characteristics but, ultimately, rejected indigenous players, and championed the interests of white, middle-class, Protestant males who used their newly acquired identity to dominate the political realm.
Becoming Native in a Foreign Land demonstrates that English Canadian identity was not formed solely by emulating what was British, it gained enormous ground by usurping what was indigenous in a foreign land. It will appeal to scholars and enthusiasts of Canadian history, identity, and culture.
About the Author(s)
Gillian Poulter is an associate professor of Canadian history at Acadia University.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. "Brave North Western Voyageurs": Snowshoeing in Montreal
2. "Men of the North": Canadian Sport Hunting
3. "The National Game of Canada": Lacrosse
4. "Our Winter Sports": The Montreal Winter Carnivals
5. "No Tin Soldiers": Canada's First War
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Reviews
"This book, both innovative and provocative, will have a significant impact on our understanding of the relationship between sport and national identity construction in Canada. It not only will add to the scholarly debate in the field, it will help shape and direct such debate in the future."
-- Colin D. Howell, Professor, Dept. of History, St. Mary’s University, and author of Blood, Sweat, and Cheers: Sport and the Making of Modern Canada
Sample Chapter
Front Matter and Chapter One
Related Topics
History > Canada
Other Ways To Order
In Canada, order your copy of Becoming Native in a Foreign Land from UTP Distribution at:
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