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Canoe nation: Race and gender in the making of a national icon.

机译:独木舟民族:种族和性别,在塑造国家偶像的过程中。

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Starting with the collusion between nature and nation symbolized by the canoe, this dissertation examines the cultural politics that enabled the canoe to become an iconic marker of the Canadian nation. The canoe, I argue, works as a fetish to hide moments in the production of a unified vision of Canada, naturalized through the long history of the canoe in the nation's material development. In this fetishization, the consequences of our actions in canoes, including the impact on nature, the production of national subjects, and the dynamics of colonialism, are displaced in favour of a narrative that projects a national essence on to the landscape of the nation. This character of the nation is assumed to have always already existed in the landscape, the proof of which is established by the connection of the canoe to both history and nature.;Investigating the processes by which the consequences of the canoe's role in the development of the nation are displaced in the national myth, the dissertation reflects upon the themes of history, consumption, race and nature. By considering these themes through the memorializing of the fur trade, the transition of the canoe from a vehicle of labour to a vehicle of leisure, the production of race through images of nature and leisure, and the relationship between canoeing and environmental action, it becomes clear that the establishment of the canoe as a national symbol was never simply a "natural" occurrence. Rather, the narratives of this national vehicle have always been produced, and the specifics of their production are important to understanding the forms of subjectivity offered by these narratives' articulation. The place of the "primitive," the intimate connection to nature, the innocence of the pastime: these aspects of the canoe's image all speak to its role in the production of colonialism, the legitimization of the nation and the birth of industrial capitalism. Yet, as I demonstrate, the production of these narratives is always contested, and the contemporary celebrations of the canoe should do more to open up these moments of conflict. Doing so, as I argue in the conclusion, can provide for an opening of the canoe as symbol that can incorporate a broader diversity of experiences.
机译:从独木舟象征的自然与国家之间的勾结开始,本文探讨了使独木舟成为加拿大民族标志性标志的文化政治。我认为,独木舟是一种迷恋,可以掩盖加拿大统一愿景的产生过程中的瞬间,而加拿大在物质发展的悠久历史中得以归化。在这种恋物癖中,我们对独木舟的行动所产生的后果,包括对自然的影响,民族主体的产生以及殖民主义的动力,都被转移到了将民族本质投射到国家景观上的叙事中。假定民族的这种特征已经存在于自然景观中,其证明是通过将独木舟与历史和自然联系起来来进行的;研究独木舟在其发展过程中的作用后果。国家在民族神话中流离失所,论文反映了历史,消费,种族和自然的主题。通过纪念皮草贸易,划独木舟从劳动工具到休闲工具的过渡,通过自然和休闲的形象产生种族以及划独木舟与环境行为之间的关系,来考虑这些主题。很明显,将独木舟定为国家象征绝不是单纯的“自然”事件。确切地说,这种国家工具的叙述总是被制作出来的,其制作细节对于理解这些叙述的表达所提供的主观性形式很重要。 “原始”的位置,与自然的紧密联系,消遣的天真:独木舟形象的这些方面都说明了其在殖民主义产生,国家合法化和工业资本主义诞生中的作用。但是,正如我所展示的那样,这些叙述的产生总是有争议的,当代的独木舟庆祝活动应该为打开这些冲突时刻做更多的事情。正如我在结论中所主张的那样,这样做可以使独木舟的开放成为一种象征,可以融合更广泛的经验。

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  • 作者

    Erickson, Bruce.;

  • 作者单位

    York University (Canada).;

  • 授予单位 York University (Canada).;
  • 学科 Canadian Studies.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2009
  • 页码 330 p.
  • 总页数 330
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类
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  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:37:56

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