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Civic Discourse and Cultural Politics in Canada A Cacophony of Voices
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Sherry Devereaux Ferguson, Leslie Regan Shade
ISBN: 1-56750-597-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-597-9
328 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2002
List Price: $39.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
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Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: No previous volume has collected as interesting and broad a collection of essays on Canadian discourse and culture. This volume of representative case studies reflects the Canadian experience in terms of discourse, society, and public culture, linking its discussions to larger political and social issues and theories. Topics include:
•Constitutional controversies
•Cultural sovereignty
•Feminist voices
•Globalization
•Internet issues
•Marginalized communities
•Nationalism
•Nativity

Multidisciplinary perspectives from a mix of established and emerging Canadian studies scholars converge in a highly readable, engaging, and unique book that offers a distinctive portrait of a nation not nearly as well understood as its proximity to the United States might suggest.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    A Cacophony of Voices: Competing for the Future by Sherry Devereaux Ferguson
    Who's Afraid of Canadian Culture? by Leslie Regan Shade
    Principles, Politics, Human Rights by Scott Streiner
    Quiet Voices, Marginalized and At-Risk Communities
    Cleaning up the City: Squeegee Kids and the Social Purification of Urban Canada by Derek Foster
    Spatial In(queer)ies: Queer Space as Queer Voice in Calgary by Dawn E. B. Johnston
    The Discourse of the Leading Actors in the Fight against Poverty: An Analysis of the Quebec Print Press by Marie-Nicole Cossette
    Protecting the Kids? Debates Over Internet Content by Leslie Regan Shade
    Strident Voices, Organized Protest, and Virtual Communities
    Anarchy Makes a Comeback by Evan Potter
    Standoff at Oka: Take Me to Your Leader by Sherry Devereaux Ferguson
    Too Far, Too Fast: The Mobilization of Parents Against Neo-Liberal Restructuring in Ontario by Kirsten Kozolanka
    The Moccasin Telegraph Goes Digital: First Nations and the Political Usage of the Internet by David Kim Juniper
    The Internet as a Space for Civic Discourse: The Case of the Unity Debate in Canada by Chantal Benoit-Barné
    Regional Voices, Political Issues, and Civil Society
    The Impossibility of Conservatism: The Discourse of the New Right Ideology by Darin Barney
    The Center-Periphery Dialectic in Cape Breton: A Discourse Analysis by Carol Corbin and Mike Hunter
    Virtually Civil: Studio XX, Feminist Voices, and Digital Technology in Canadian Civil Society by Neil Gerlach and Sheryl N. Hamilton
    Law and Constitution in Canadian Civil Culture by Michael Dorland and Maurice Charland
    Public Sphere and Public Sphericules: Civic Discourse in Ethnic Media by Karim H. Karim
    Major League Sports, Civic Discourse, and the World-Class City: A Case Study of Vancouver by Mark Douglas Lowes
    Echoes from a Romanticized Past, Mythological Discourses
    A Truly Comic History: Central Canadian Nationalism and the Politics of Memory by Peter Hodgins
    Reclaiming "Authenticity": Cape Breton's Magazine and the Commodification of Insularity by Jennifer M. MacLennan and G. John Moffatt
    Sacajewea and Her Sisters: Images and Native Women by Gail Valaskakis
About the Author: SHERRY DEVEREAUX FERGUSON is a Professor in the Communication Department at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She is the author or editor of six books, including Communication Planning: An Integrated Approach and Researching the Public Opinion Environment: Theories and Method, and is an editorial board member for the Journal of Communication.

LESLIE REGAN SHADE is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Department at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of Gender and Community in the Social Construction of the Internet, and the co-editor of E-Commerce vs. E-Commons: Communications in the Public Interest and Mediascapes: New Patterns in Canadian Communication.
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