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Aboriginal TM : the cultural and economic politics of recognition

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25713
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Adese, Jennifer
Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press
Call Number
07.2 A3a
Author
Adese, Jennifer
Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Indigenous Culture
Indigenous People
Indigenous Traditions
Tourism
Language
Politics
Abstract
In Aboriginalâ„¢, Jennifer Adese explores the origins, meaning, and usage of the term "Aboriginal" and its displacement by the word "Indigenous." In the Constitution Act, 1982, the term's express purpose was to speak to the "aboriginal rights" acknowledged in Section 35(1). Yet in the wake of the Constitution's passage, Aboriginal, in its capitalized form, became far more closely aligned with Section 35(2)'s interpretation of which specific groups held those rights, and was increasingly used to describe and categorize people. More than simple legal and political vernacular, the term Aboriginal (capitalized or not) has had real-world consequences for the people it defined. Aboriginalâ„¢ argues the term was a tool used to advance Canada's cultural and economic assimilatory agenda throughout the 1980s until the mid-2010s. Moreover, Adese illuminates how the word engenders a kind of "Aboriginalized multicultural" brand easily reduced to and exported as a nation brand, economic brand, and place brand--at odds with the diversity and complexity of Indigenous peoples and communities. In her multi-disciplinary research, Adese examines the discursive spaces and concrete sites where Aboriginality features prominently: the Constitution Act, 1982; the 2010 Vancouver Olympics; the "Aboriginal tourism industry"; and the Vancouver International Airport. Reflecting on the term's abrupt exit from public discourse and the recent turn toward Indigenous, Indigeneity, and Indigenization, Aboriginalâ„¢ offers insight into Indigenous-Canada relations, reconciliation efforts, and current discussions of Indigenous identity, authenticity, and agency. -- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Aboriginal, aboriginality, aboriginalism, aboriginalization: what's in a word? -- Aboriginalized multiculturalism tm: Canada's olympic national brand -- Selling Aboriginal experiences and authenticity: Canadian and Aboriginal tourism -- Marketing aboriginality and the branding of place: the case of Vancouver international airport -- Conclusion: thoughts on the end of aboriginalization and the turn to indigenization.
Notes
Title appears with the trademark symbol after the word "Aboriginal".
ISBN
9781772840056
Accession Number
P2023.09
Call Number
07.2 A3a
Collection
Archives Library
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Through their eyes : a graphic history of Hill 70 and Canada's First World War

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25709
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Barrett, Matthew and Engen, Robert C.
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Call Number
08.1 B25t
Author
Barrett, Matthew and Engen, Robert C.
Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
viii, 337 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
World War I
World War, 1914-1918
Graphic novel
History
Abstract
By the summer of 1917, Canadian troops had captured Vimy Ridge, but Allied offensives had stalled across many fronts of the Great War. To help break the stalemate of trench warfare, the Canadian Corps commander, Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie, was tasked with capturing Hill 70, a German stronghold near the French town of Lens. After securing the hill on 15 August, Canadian soldiers endured days of shelling, machine-gun fire, and poison gas as they repelled relentless enemy counterattacks. Through Their Eyes depicts this remarkable but costly victory in a unique way. With full-colour graphic artwork and detailed illustration, Matthew Barrett and Robert Engen picture the battle from different perspectives -Currie's strategic view at high command, a junior officer's experience at the platoon level, and the vantage points of many lesser-known Canadian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. This innovative graphic history invites readers to reimagine the First World War through the eyes of those who lived it and to think more deeply about how we visualize and remember the past. Combining outstanding original art and thought-provoking commentary, Through Their Eyes uncovers the fascinating stories behind this battle while creatively expanding the ways that history is shared and represented.-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9780228010579
Accession Number
P2023.07
Call Number
08.1 B25t
Collection
Archives Library
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