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Bibliography: p. 99-104 ... : Farley Mowat's stories of the Arctic and its inhabitants are a valuable model for subverting hegemonic national ideologies that obscure the experiences of subaltern populations. Images of the North and the Arctic wilderness hold a central role in Canadian national...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/prism/4577 2023-11-05T03:38:44+01:00 Peripheral visions: the dissident geographies of Farley Mowat ... Nunez Toews, David Juan 2012 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/4577 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/105578 en eng University of Calgary University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. article master thesis CreativeWork Other 2012 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/prism/4577 2023-10-09T10:52:03Z Bibliography: p. 99-104 ... : Farley Mowat's stories of the Arctic and its inhabitants are a valuable model for subverting hegemonic national ideologies that obscure the experiences of subaltern populations. Images of the North and the Arctic wilderness hold a central role in Canadian national iconography, yet such images often serve to mask the realities of the northern regions. Mowat mobilizes an idealized image of the Canadian nation as a champion for human rights and ecology, as a rallying cry to redress the injustices and destruction that he witnessed during his northern travels. Mowat's work focuses a northward national gaze on the obscured peripheral space of the Arctic with hopes of bringing about changed attitudes towards the North in the southern metropolitan centres of power. His texts, which defy the constraints of form and genre, establish a liminal literary space from which he can mount a more effective challenge to institutional power and authority. ... Master Thesis Arctic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Bibliography: p. 99-104 ... : Farley Mowat's stories of the Arctic and its inhabitants are a valuable model for subverting hegemonic national ideologies that obscure the experiences of subaltern populations. Images of the North and the Arctic wilderness hold a central role in Canadian national iconography, yet such images often serve to mask the realities of the northern regions. Mowat mobilizes an idealized image of the Canadian nation as a champion for human rights and ecology, as a rallying cry to redress the injustices and destruction that he witnessed during his northern travels. Mowat's work focuses a northward national gaze on the obscured peripheral space of the Arctic with hopes of bringing about changed attitudes towards the North in the southern metropolitan centres of power. His texts, which defy the constraints of form and genre, establish a liminal literary space from which he can mount a more effective challenge to institutional power and authority. ... |
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