{"product_id":"material-cultures-in-canada-paperback-softback-9781771120142","title":"Material Cultures in Canada (Paperback \/ softback) 9781771120142","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaterial Cultures in Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Allen (Edited by), Jennifer Blair (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781771120142\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 May 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaterial Cultures in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMaterial Cultures in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Thomas Allen and Jennifer Blair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Material Cultures in Canada, Material Cultures Now  Thomas Allen and Jennifer Blair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I Materialities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Work of the Beaver  Jody Berland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Night in a Box: Anne Carson's \u003ci\u003eNox\u003c\/i\u003e and the Materiality of Elegy  Tanis MacDonald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Maxims and Contraries: Notes from a Project in Process  Alison Calder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Geranium in the Window: One Plant's Literary Hardiness in the Canadian Imagination  Shelley Boyd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II Immaterialities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Is It Still a Cinch? The Transformational Properties of Objects in Guy Vanderhaeghe's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e  Susan Birkwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Obama's Playlist: Materializing Transnational Desire at the CBC  Mark Simpson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Grinning Things: Object Lessons in Violent Labour  Michael Epp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Moses Cotsworth and the Authenticity of Time  Thomas Allen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Materializing Climate Change: Images of Exposure, States of Exception  Nicole Shukin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Waters as Potential Paths to Peace  Rita Wong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III Materials Of and For Spaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. The Biotopographies of Seth's \u003ci\u003eGeorge Sprott (1894-1975)\u003c\/i\u003e  Candida Rifkind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Woodrow: Memory and Nostalgia at Play  Jessa Alston-O'Connor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Plaques and Persons: Commemorating Canada's Authors  Carole Gerson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Archaeological Detritus and the Bulging Archive: The Staging of \u003ci\u003eHe Named Her Amber\u003c\/i\u003e at the Art Gallery of Ontario  May Chew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15. Poetry and Globalized Cities: A Material Poetics of Canadian Urban Space  Jeff Derksen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword: Endless Material: The Future of Things in Canada  Thomas Allen and Jennifer Blair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52637466853656,"sku":"9781771120142","price":31.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/material-cultures-in-canada-paperback-softback-9781771120142","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}