Timing Canada :: the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture /
"From punch clocks to prison sentences, from immigration waiting periods to controversial time-zone boundaries, from Indigenous grave markers that count time in centuries rather than years, to the fact that free time is shrinking faster for women than for men--time shapes the fabric of Canadian...
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Montreal ; Kingston :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2015.
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Zusammenfassung: | "From punch clocks to prison sentences, from immigration waiting periods to controversial time-zone boundaries, from Indigenous grave markers that count time in centuries rather than years, to the fact that free time is shrinking faster for women than for men--time shapes the fabric of Canadian society every day, but in ways that are not always reasonable or consistent. In Timing Canada, Paul Huebener draws from cultural history, time-use surveys, political statements, literature, and visual art to craft a detailed understanding of how time operates as a form of power in Canada. Time enables everything we do--as Margaret Atwood writes, "without it we can't live." However, time also disempowers us, divides us, and escapes our control. Huebener transforms our understanding of temporal power and possibility by using examples from Canadian and Indigenous authors--including Jeannette Armstrong, Joseph Boyden, Dionne Brand, Timothy Findley, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Gabrielle Roy, and many others--who witness, question, dismantle, and reconstruct the functioning of time in their works. As the first comprehensive study of the cultural politics of time in Canada, Timing Canada develops foundational principles of critical time studies and everyday temporal literacy, and demonstrates how time functions broadly as a tool of power, privilege, and imagination within a multicultural and multi-temporal nation."-- |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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spelling | Huebener, Paul, 1980- author. Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / Paul Huebener. 1512 Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "From punch clocks to prison sentences, from immigration waiting periods to controversial time-zone boundaries, from Indigenous grave markers that count time in centuries rather than years, to the fact that free time is shrinking faster for women than for men--time shapes the fabric of Canadian society every day, but in ways that are not always reasonable or consistent. In Timing Canada, Paul Huebener draws from cultural history, time-use surveys, political statements, literature, and visual art to craft a detailed understanding of how time operates as a form of power in Canada. Time enables everything we do--as Margaret Atwood writes, "without it we can't live." However, time also disempowers us, divides us, and escapes our control. Huebener transforms our understanding of temporal power and possibility by using examples from Canadian and Indigenous authors--including Jeannette Armstrong, Joseph Boyden, Dionne Brand, Timothy Findley, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Gabrielle Roy, and many others--who witness, question, dismantle, and reconstruct the functioning of time in their works. As the first comprehensive study of the cultural politics of time in Canada, Timing Canada develops foundational principles of critical time studies and everyday temporal literacy, and demonstrates how time functions broadly as a tool of power, privilege, and imagination within a multicultural and multi-temporal nation."-- Provided by publisher Introduction: When Is Now? -- 1 Canadian Time: Reading the Politics of Time in Canadian Culture -- 2 Negotiating Subjective Time in a Social World -- 3 Reading Time and Social Relations Critically -- 4 Imagining Indigenous Temporalities -- 5 Disrupting and Remaking Constructions of Time -- Conclusion: Provisional Time. Time in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135413 Time Social aspects Canada. Time Political aspects Canada. National characteristics, Canadian, in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94007446 Canadian literature 20th century History and criticism. Canadian literature (English) 20th century History and criticism. Canadiens dans la littérature. Littérature canadienne-anglaise 20e siècle Histoire et critique. Temps dans la littérature. Temps Aspect politique Canada. Temps Aspect social Canada. LITERARY CRITICISM Canadian. bisacsh National characteristics, Canadian, in literature fast Time in literature fast Time Political aspects fast Time Social aspects fast Canada fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkMHVW4rfVXPrhVP4VwG3 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast Huebener, Paul, 1980- Timing Canada.: Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. ©2015 (CaOONL)20159054052 (OCoLC)908628526 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1130820 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Huebener, Paul, 1980- Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / Introduction: When Is Now? -- 1 Canadian Time: Reading the Politics of Time in Canadian Culture -- 2 Negotiating Subjective Time in a Social World -- 3 Reading Time and Social Relations Critically -- 4 Imagining Indigenous Temporalities -- 5 Disrupting and Remaking Constructions of Time -- Conclusion: Provisional Time. Time in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135413 Time Social aspects Canada. Time Political aspects Canada. National characteristics, Canadian, in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94007446 Canadian literature 20th century History and criticism. Canadian literature (English) 20th century History and criticism. Canadiens dans la littérature. Littérature canadienne-anglaise 20e siècle Histoire et critique. Temps dans la littérature. Temps Aspect politique Canada. Temps Aspect social Canada. LITERARY CRITICISM Canadian. bisacsh National characteristics, Canadian, in literature fast Time in literature fast Time Political aspects fast Time Social aspects fast |
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title | Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / |
title_auth | Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / |
title_exact_search | Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / |
title_full | Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / Paul Huebener. |
title_fullStr | Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / Paul Huebener. |
title_full_unstemmed | Timing Canada : the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / Paul Huebener. |
title_short | Timing Canada : |
title_sort | timing canada the shifting politics of time in canadian literary culture |
title_sub | the shifting politics of time in Canadian literary culture / |
topic | Time in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135413 Time Social aspects Canada. Time Political aspects Canada. National characteristics, Canadian, in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94007446 Canadian literature 20th century History and criticism. Canadian literature (English) 20th century History and criticism. Canadiens dans la littérature. Littérature canadienne-anglaise 20e siècle Histoire et critique. Temps dans la littérature. Temps Aspect politique Canada. Temps Aspect social Canada. LITERARY CRITICISM Canadian. bisacsh National characteristics, Canadian, in literature fast Time in literature fast Time Political aspects fast Time Social aspects fast |
topic_facet | Time in literature. Time Social aspects Canada. Time Political aspects Canada. National characteristics, Canadian, in literature. Canadian literature 20th century History and criticism. Canadian literature (English) 20th century History and criticism. Canadiens dans la littérature. Littérature canadienne-anglaise 20e siècle Histoire et critique. Temps dans la littérature. Temps Aspect politique Canada. Temps Aspect social Canada. LITERARY CRITICISM Canadian. National characteristics, Canadian, in literature Time in literature Time Political aspects Time Social aspects Canada Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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