Material Cultures in Canada - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1771120142 ISBN 13: 9781771120142

Casa editrice: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr, 2015

Riassunto

Material Cultures in Canada presents the vibrant and diverse field of material culture studies in Canadian literary, artistic, and political contexts today. The first of its kind, this collection features sixteen essays by leading scholars in Canada, each of whom examines a different object of study, including the beaver, geraniums, comics, water, a musical playlist, and the human body.

The book’s three sections focus, in turn, on objects that are persistently material, on things whose materiality blends into the immaterial, and on the materials of spaces. Contributors highlight some of the most exciting new developments in the field, such as the emergence of “new materialism,” affect theory, globalization studies, and environmental criticism. Although the book has a Canadian centre, the majority of its contributors consider objects that cross borders or otherwise resist national affiliation.

This collection will be valuable to readers within and outside of Canada who are interested in material culture studies and, in addition, will appeal to anyone interested in the central debates taking place in Canadian political and cultural life today, such as climate change, citizenship, shifts in urban and small-town life, and the persistence of imperialism.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1771120142
• ISBN 13: 9781771120142
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 351
• Redattore: Allen Thomas, Blair Jennifer