Allan Beaton's "Ookpik" Was Here

"The comic was envisioned as an educational text, yet recycles stereotypes about the Arctic before fully transforming it into a modern, northern city. Although “Ookpik” takes place in an exotic setting, it more often educates its readers about southern Canadian life in the 1960s. Nevertheless,...

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Main Author: Bauldic, Michelle
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/ Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée 2017
Subjects:
Arctic
Online Access:http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/crcl/article/view/29170
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spelling ftunivalbertaojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/29170 2023-05-15T14:47:27+02:00 Allan Beaton's "Ookpik" Was Here Bauldic, Michelle 2017-03-25 application/pdf http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/crcl/article/view/29170 eng eng Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/ Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/crcl/article/view/29170/21278 Copyright (c) 2017 Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/ Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/ Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée; Vol 43, No 1 (2016) 1913-9659 0319-051X info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftunivalbertaojs 2017-04-02T14:59:07Z "The comic was envisioned as an educational text, yet recycles stereotypes about the Arctic before fully transforming it into a modern, northern city. Although “Ookpik” takes place in an exotic setting, it more often educates its readers about southern Canadian life in the 1960s. Nevertheless, Beaton’s comic offers a glimpse into Canadian cultural identity: it begins with an owl living in the undeveloped Arctic wilderness who, once personified, settles in a town populated by other animal-citizens, and Ookpik responds to similar challenges and problems as his readers." Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Alberta: Journal Hosting Arctic
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description "The comic was envisioned as an educational text, yet recycles stereotypes about the Arctic before fully transforming it into a modern, northern city. Although “Ookpik” takes place in an exotic setting, it more often educates its readers about southern Canadian life in the 1960s. Nevertheless, Beaton’s comic offers a glimpse into Canadian cultural identity: it begins with an owl living in the undeveloped Arctic wilderness who, once personified, settles in a town populated by other animal-citizens, and Ookpik responds to similar challenges and problems as his readers."
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publisher Canadian Review of Comparative Literature/ Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée
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