The Canada-US Border: Culture and Theory

Explores the Canada-US border through a variety of theoretical, cultural and literary approachesIncludes chapters discussing the work of Wayde ComptonIncludes chapters discussing Native American Literature and Border TheoryFeatures case studies of the Detroit River and Twin Towns along the Canada-US...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Critical Insights in American Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Explores the Canada-US border through a variety of theoretical, cultural and literary approachesIncludes chapters discussing the work of Wayde ComptonIncludes chapters discussing Native American Literature and Border TheoryFeatures case studies of the Detroit River and Twin Towns along the Canada-US and Mexico-US BordersIncludes an afterword by Victor KonradPresents a chronology of events at the Canada-US BorderMoving beyond border studies paradigms dominated by the Mexico-US border, this collection aims to contextualise cultures and communities within a wider global understanding of border thinking. It builds on recent considerations of, and changes to, the cultural life of (and across) the Canada-US border, to prioritise theoretical reflections on representations, identities and policies. Approaching the border as a place, a theory, a practice and a process, this collection draws attention to the ways in which aspects of the Canada-US border itself (re)frame discussions of the borderlands as sites that continue to evoke, invoke and provoke ideas of nation and post nationalism; negotiation and imposition; resistance and refusal
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (256 Seiten) 8 colour Illustrationen 3 B/W tables 13 Illustrationen
ISBN:9781474453301
DOI:10.1515/9781474453301

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