The quest of the folk :: antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia /

Argues that the popular conception of Nova Scotians as a pure, simple, idyllic people is false. This title shows how the province's tourism industry and cultural producers manipulated and refashioned the cultural identity of the region and its people to project traditional folk values. It exami...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: McKay, Ian, 1953-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1994.
Schriftenreihe:Carleton library series.
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Volltext
Zusammenfassung:Argues that the popular conception of Nova Scotians as a pure, simple, idyllic people is false. This title shows how the province's tourism industry and cultural producers manipulated and refashioned the cultural identity of the region and its people to project traditional folk values. It examines how Nova Scotia's cultural history was rewritten.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-366) and index.
ISBN:9780773575431
077357543X
9780773564688
0773564683

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Volltext öffnen