The Iconic North: Cultural Constructions of Aboriginal Life in Postwar Canada (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780774831840)

Resilient ideological assumptions, shifting economic priorities, and government policy in the postwar era influenced how northern culture was represented in popular Canadian imagery. In an enlightening exposure of Canada's cultural landscape, The Iconic North lays bare the relationship between settler nation building and popular images of Aboriginal experience. Joan Sangster redirects the debates about the geopolitical prospects of the North by addressing how women and gender relations have played a key role in the history of northern development. She reveals how assumptions about both Indigenous and non-Indigenous women shaped gender, class, and political relationships in the circumpolar north - a region now commanding more of the world's attention.

Author: Joan Sangster
ISBN-10: 0774831847
ISBN-13: 9780774831840
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Language: English
Published: 04/13/2017
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2017