The Politics of the Canoe

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-88755-912-9
Verlag: University of Manitoba Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Popularly thought of as a recreational vehicle and one of the key ingredients of an ideal wilderness getaway, the canoe is also a political vessel. A potent symbol and practice of Indigenous cultures and traditions, the canoe has also been adopted to assert conservation ideals, feminist empowerment, citizenship practices, and multicultural goals. Documenting many of these various uses, this book asserts that the canoe is not merely a matter of leisure and pleasure; it is folded into many facets of our political life. Taking a critical stance on the canoe, The Politics of the Canoe expands and enlarges the stories that we tell about the canoe’s relationship to, for example, colonialism, nationalism, environmentalism, and resource politics. To think about the canoe as a political vessel is to recognize how intertwined canoes are in the public life, governance, authority, social conditions, and ideologies of particular cultures, nations, and states. Almost everywhere we turn, and any way we look at it, the canoe both affects and is affected by complex political and cultural histories. Across Canada and the U.S., canoeing cultures have been born of activism and resistance as much as of adherence to the mythologies of wilderness and nation building. The essays in this volume show that canoes can enhance how we engage with and interpret not only our physical environments, but also our histories and present-day societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erickson, Bruce

Wylie Krotz, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter 1 Tribal Canoe Journeys and Indigenous Cultural Resurgence: A Story from the Heiltsuk Nation
- Chapter 2 “This is What Makes Us Strong”: Canoe Revitalization, Reciprocal Heritage, and the Chinook Indian Nation
- Chapter 3 Wha Do Ehto K’è
- Chapter 4 Listening to Model Canoes: Language and Survivance in E. Tappan Adney’s Ethnography
- Chapter 5 Ginawaydaganuc, Algonquin Teachings of the Birch Bark Canoe: The Canoe in Indigenous Community Revitalization and Reconciliation
- Chapter 6 Pathways to the Forest: Meditations on the Colonial Landscape
- Chapter 7 Beyond Birch Bark: How Lahontan’s Images of Unfamiliar Canoes Confirm His Remarkable Western Expedition of 1688
- Chapter 8 Monumental Trip: Don Starkell’s Canoe Voyage from Winnipeg to the Mouth of the Amazon
- Chapter 9 The Dam that Wasn’t: How the Canoe Became Political on the Petawawa River
- Chapter 10 Unpacking and Repacking the Canoe: Canoe as Research Vessel