Desiring Canada

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Cormack is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at St Francis Xavier University. Klappentext What do Tim Hortons, Hockey Night in Canada, and Rick Mercer have in common? Each is a popular symbol of Canadian identity, seen across the country and beyond on television and in other forms of media. But whose definition of 'Canadian' do they represent? What does it mean to be Canadian? Do we create our own impressions of Canadian identity, or are they created for us? In Desiring Canada, Patricia Cormack and James F. Cosgrave delve into these questions, exploring the connections between popular culture, media, and the Canadian state. Taking as their examples the popular CBC contests, Tim Hortons advertising campaigns, NHL hockey violence, television comedy, and the business of gambling, this lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal in various ways through the popular media to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian. Zusammenfassung This lively! engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal to the pleasures of citizens! thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Contesting Canada at the CBC Chapter Two: Always Fresh, Always There: Tim Hortons and the Consumer Citizen Chapter Three: Our Game: Hockey, Civilizing Projects, and Domestic Violence Chapter Four: Peace, Order and Good Gambling Chapter Five: The Funny State Apparatus Conclusion: Minding the Gap Notes Bibliography

Autorentext
Patricia Cormack is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at St Francis Xavier University.

Klappentext
What do Tim Hortons, Hockey Night in Canada, and Rick Mercer have in common? Each is a popular symbol of Canadian identity, seen across the country – and beyond – on television and in other forms of media. But whose definition of ‘Canadian’ do they represent? What does it mean to be Canadian? Do we create our own impressions of Canadian identity, or are they created for us? In Desiring Canada, Patricia Cormack and James F. Cosgrave delve into these questions, exploring the connections between popular culture, media, and the Canadian state.Taking as their examples the popular CBC contests, Tim Hortons advertising campaigns, NHL hockey violence, television comedy, and the business of gambling, this lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal in various ways through the popular media to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian.

Zusammenfassung
This lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Contesting Canada at the CBC Chapter Two: “Always Fresh, Always There”: Tim Hortons and the Consumer Citizen Chapter Three: “Our Game”: Hockey, Civilizing Projects, and Domestic Violence Chapter Four: Peace, Order and Good Gambling Chapter Five: The Funny State Apparatus Conclusion: Minding the Gap Notes Bibliography

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