Uplift: Visual Culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts - Couverture souple

Reichwein, PearlAnn; Wall, Karen

 
9780774864527: Uplift: Visual Culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts
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ISBN 10 : 0774864524 ISBN 13 : 9780774864527
Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2021

Synopsis

Since 1933, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has been a renowned cultural destination and educational institution. As PearlAnn Reichwein and Karen Wall recount in this engaging history, over its first four decades the school produced and circulated ideals of culture and liberal democratic citizenship that were intrinsic to the development of modern Canada. Uplift traces the role of the school in shaping arts and cultural education. Situated within Banff National Park, the school and its surroundings combined stunning natural scenery and cultural capital in a symbolic national landscape.

In an era of unstable cultural policy and state support for the arts, Uplift offers a nuanced account of one particular engine of nation building and tourism development. It draws attention to the past and present place of fine arts, culture, and the humanities in public education and in Canada's history, exploring what they mean to democracy, citizenship, and a life well lived.

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À propos des auteurs

PearlAnn Reichwein is associate professor of history at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. She is the author of the award-winning Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain Parks, 1906-1974 and co-editor of Mountain Diaries: The Alpine Adventures of Margaret Fleming, 1929-1980.

Karen Wall is professor of communication, media, and heritage studies at Athabasca University, Alberta, and teaches in the Heritage Resource Management Program. She is the author of Game Plan: A Social History of Sport in Alberta, as well as numerous articles about Edmonton and Alberta heritage and arts, tourism, Indigenous issues, and cultural landscapes.

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Éditeur
University of British Columbia Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0774864524
ISBN 13 
9780774864527
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
356
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780774864510: Uplift: Visual Culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0774864516 ISBN 13 :  9780774864510
Editeur : University of British Columbia P..., 2020
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