Arts & Culture
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 Canadian Culture in a Globalized WorldThe impact of trade deals on Canada's cultural life |
Since the first trade deal with the US in 1984, Canada has insisted on a "cultural exemption" to ensure that governments were free to protect Canadian culture and to restrict foreign … | Garry Neil | 256 | 2019 | View |
 Fighting For SpaceHow a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City's Struggle with Addiction |
North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic. While deaths across the continent soar, Travis Lupick’s Fighting for Space explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of … | Travis Lupick | 408 | 2017 | View |
 In a Queer CountryGay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context |
In terms of rights and freedoms for queers, Canada holds an international reputation as among the most liberal of nations. Yet this picture of harmonious gay and lesbian assimilation is nothing … | Terry ed. Goldie | 320 | 2001 | View |
 NEW! John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool |
John Lennon was the world’s biggest rock star in the late Sixties. With his new wife Yoko Ono, the duo were icons of the peace movement denouncing the Vietnam War. In 1969, at the height of … | Greg Marquis | 250 | 2020 | View |
 The Imaginary Indian, 1st EditionThe Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture |
First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the "Indian" image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to … | Daniel Francis | 284 | 1992 | View |
The Imaginary Indian, 2nd EditionThe Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture |
First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the “Indian” image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to … | Daniel Francis | 284 | 1992 | View |
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From IntroductionFrom: Fighting For Space |
In America today, overdose deaths are the highest they have ever been. Heroin has reached the middle class and suburban America. At the same time, public opinion has turned against the war on … | Travis Lupick | 18 | 2017 | $0.18 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: In a Queer Country |
Queer literature review; "Queer Country?" Conference (1996) | Terry Goldie | 11 | 2001 | $0.11 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionBecoming Cool: Canada in the 1960s |
The introduction sets the stage by exploring the Canadian cultural landscape of the 1960’s, the impact of the Centennial, Expo ‘67, and the election of Pierre Trudeau as prime minister. | Greg Marquis | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, Introduction |
Randy Fred debunks the concept of “Indians” and claims that Native people live within a world of imagery that isn’t their own. Daniel Frances further explores the myth that is … | Daniel Francis | 43 | 1992 | $1.72 Add |
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From Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, Introduction |
Randy Fred debunks the concept of “Indians” and claims that Native people live within a world of imagery that isn’t their own. Daniel Frances further explores the myth that is … | Daniel Francis | 43 | 1992 | $1.72 Add |
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From Queer Nation?From: In a Queer Country |
"Queer Nation?" offer s an historical overview of gay and lesbian practices in Canada, with some suggestions that they reflect a nation al character. The approach of the article was … | Terry Goldie | 25 | 2001 | $0.50 Add |
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From Roots of Canadian Cultural Policies |
Brief history of Canadian cultural policy in the 20th century, background to the period from 1984 to 2019. | Garry Neil | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From Taking the ImagePart I |
The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie. | Daniel Francis | 25 | 1992 | $0.50 Add |
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From Taking the ImagePart I |
The author opens part I of the book with a critique of one of the most famous Canadian themed paintings—The Death of Wolfe by Benjamin West and calls it a lie. The author opens part I of … | Daniel Francis | 25 | 1992 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! The Montreal Bed-In |
This chapter explores the events surrounding John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in in Montreal. The chapter discusses the people they met during the event, and the impact it had on Canadian … | Greg Marquis | 59 | 2020 | $5.90 Add |
