{"product_id":"white-civility-daniel-coleman-9780802037077","title":"White Civility: The Literary Project of English Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhite Civility\u003c\/em\u003e Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders. He argues that a specific form of whiteness emerged in Canada that was heavily influenced by Britishness. Examining four allegorical figures that recur in a wide range of Canadian writings between 1820 and 1950 - the Loyalist fratricide, the enterprising Scottish orphan, the muscular Christian, and the maturing colonial son - Coleman outlines a genealogy of Canadian whiteness that remains powerfully influential in Canadian thinking to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending traditional literary analysis with the approaches of cultural studies and critical race theory, \u003cem\u003eWhite Civility\u003c\/em\u003e examines canonical literary texts, popular journalism, and mass market bestsellers to trace widespread ideas about Canadian citizenship during the optimistic nation-building years as well as during the years of disillusionment that followed the First World War and the Great Depression. Tracing the consistent project of white civility in Canadian letters, Coleman calls for resistance to this project by transforming whiteness into wry civility, unearthing rather than disavowing the history of racism in Canadian literary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Coleman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802037070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802037077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 304","brand":"Daniel Coleman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065132658943,"sku":"9780802037077","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6cf5779f-5a1f-4aab-bd7a-efa7d1c0d3d5.jpg?v=1768673208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-civility-daniel-coleman-9780802037077","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}