Borderlands: how we talk about Canada

by New, W. H., (William Herbert)

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Title Statements

Full title :Borderlands : how we talk about Canada / W.H. New.

Summary

"Borderlands traces some of the ways in which border metaphors pervade Canadian consciousness. Addressing a variety of social issues - among them, separatism, marginalization, multiculturalism, colonial attitudes, national policies, language, and the influence of the United States - W.H. New shows how the border, though spatial in character, is political in intent and effect. Comprising three essays, Borderlands moves from a general survey of the metaphor of the border, to a close examination of the significance of the US border in Canadian cultural history, finishing with a detailed comparison of two literary texts from the Pacific Northwest, each of which is shaped by the border concerns of the culture it represents."--Jacket

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1998.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):UBC Press
Place of Publication:Vancouver
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 119 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0774806583, 9780774806589, 0585318530, 9780585318530
oclc:ocm38748029
LC Classification:GN491.7
Dewey Decimal:971

Giddy limits : Canadian studies and other metaphors -- The edge of everything : Canadian culture and the border field -- The centre of somewhere else : the pig war and English.

Subjects

Boundaries Boundaries -- Social aspects Boundaries -- Social aspects -- Canada Canada Canada -- Boundaries -- United States Canada -- Civilization Canada -- Frontières -- États-Unis Culturele identiteit États-Unis -- Frontières -- Canada Frontières -- Aspect social -- Canada Grenzen United States United States -- Boundaries -- Canada