The Spaces and Places of Canadian Popular Culture
Edited by Victoria Kannen, Neil Shyminsky
August 2019
Print ISBN: 9781773381428
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Overview
An exclusively Canadian textbook, this collection investigates the relationships between identity, geography, and popular culture that are produced and consumed in this sprawling country. Expanding beyond the clichés of friendliness and snow, this text provides a fresh perspective on what it means to be Canadian, both nationally and transnationally. Scholars look at historical subjects like Quebecois identity and Indigenous self-representation and explore issues in contemporary media, including music, film, television, comic books, video games, and social media. From Drake to the Tragically Hip, Trailer Park Boys to The Amazing Race Canada, and poutine to maple syrup, mainstream icons and trends are studied in the interdisciplinary context of race, gender, sexuality, politics, and patriotism. Contributing to the location of Canadian popular culture, this unique resource will engage students and scholars of communication studies, cultural studies, and Canadian studies.
FEATURES
- includes key concepts and theories and a glossary
- engages students with relatable historical and contemporary examples of Canadiana through a breadth of media, including television shows, websites, journals, celebrities, newspapers, literature, comic books, video games, music, and films
- ensures equal representation of a national and transnational Canada,
which includes examples of race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, with
particular attention to geographical intricacies that contain all provinces and
territories
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction Victoria Kannen and Neil Shyminsky
Part I: Identity
Chapter 1
“We Weren’t Meant to Be Singing This Music:” VAG HALEN’s Queer Feminist Covers
Craig Jennex
Chapter 2
Defining and Redefining Québécois Identity: Québec Cinema in the 21st Century
David Hanley
Chapter 3
Translocality and the Articulation of a Jamaican/Canadian Identity in the Music of Michie Mee
Niel Scobie
Chapter 4
Being Canada: Joe’s Rant, Nationalism, Whiteness, and the Illusion of Neutrality, Then and Now
Sharlee Cranston-Reimer
Chapter 5
Syrus Marcus Ware, #BLACKLIVESMATTER, and ‘Artivism’ in Canada
Joana Joachim
Chapter 6
Loving and Loathing on Schitt’s Creek: How Representations of Emotion, Identities, and Nation Matter
Victoria Kannen
Section II: Community
Chapter 7 Integrating Black Lives in Education: Black Lives Matter Freedom School Audrey Hudson Chapter 8 A Read on Canada Reads J. C. Villamere Chapter 9 Non/monogamies in Canadian Children’s Picture Books Liz Borden Chapter 10 “I’m a criminal…it’s all I know”: Comedy, Crime, and Critical Thinking in Trailer Park Boys Dawne Clarke Chapter 11 Underground Airwaves: Perspectives into the Popularization and Distribution of Canadian Rap Music Deepak A. Mehmi Chapter 12 From “One Nation Under Gord” to #WeTheNorth: Whose Canada Peaked? Jocelyn Smith Chapter 13 “This beautiful land we can all proudly call home”: The Amazing Race Canada and the Maintenance of National Myths Andrea Ruehlicke
Section III: Production Chapter 14 Canadian Popular Culture and the Many “Faces” of TV Formats Stéfany Boisvert and Audrey Bélanger Chapter 15 The Boundaries of National Cinema: International Co-Productions and Canadian Film Culture Peter Lester Chapter 16 The Canadian Genre Film as Cultural Commentary Andrea Braithwaite Chapter 17 Under the Shadows of Hollywood: The Political Economy of Canadian Cinema James McMahon Chapter 18 Burying the Past: Indigeneity and the Canadian Horror Canon Mike Follert Chapter 19 The Greatest Canadian Super-hero There Never Was: Kao-kuk “the Eskimo Astronaut” Neil Shyminsky Chapter 20 Sounds Canadian? Familiar Voices in an Exaggerated Canada – Exploring the Sound World of Chilly Beach Kristeen McKee Chapter 21 Red, White, and Grey: Double Double Land and Un-defining Canadian Popular Culture Nicole Marchesseau
Section IV: Technology
Chapter 22 Playing Canadian: A Brief History of Tabletop Games in Canada Ryan Clement Chapter 23 Canadian Indie Video Games: More Than Locations, Landmarks, and Loonies Aaron Langille Chapter 24 Stereo/Types: Female DJs in Canada and the Gimmick/Token Binary Maren Hancock Chapter 25 The Beat of Culture: Teaching Québec Culture through Music Yvonne Völkl Chapter 26 Ramping up Canadian Disability Culture Kelly Fritsch Chapter 27 Canadian Pop in the Digital Age: Pioneering Pathways to Stardom and Representation via Justin Bieber Melissa Avdeeff
Section V: Spectacle Chapter 28 Canadian Crybabies: Radical Softness, Feminized Fan Publics, and the Politics of Carly Rae Jepsen Andi Schwartz and Morgan Bimm Chapter 29 Gender Matters at the Centennial Calgary Stampede Parade Kimberly A. Williams Chapter 30 The Online Canadian Girl Crush: Justin Trudeau, Canadian Humour, and White Feminism Sara Frampton Chapter 31 “Wanna hang out at the mall and catch a movie?”: The Disposability of the West Edmonton Mall Multiplex Ian Fitzgerald Chapter 32 The ‘Funny’ Thing About Food Allergies…in Canadian Media Culture Janis Goldie Chapter 33 Consuming Popular Culture and Politics in Beer Lori A. Crowe Chapter 34 Hockey Invented Canada: Questioning the Myths of Manufactured Nationalism Tyler Shipley
