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Beck, Lauren

 
9781988111391: Canada's Place Names and How to Change Them
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ISBN 10 : 1988111390 ISBN 13 : 9781988111391
Editeur : Concordia University, 2022

Synopsis

A study of what Canadian place names reveal about the country's self-image.

Canada's Place Names and How to Change Them disentangles the distinct cultural, religious, and political naming practices in First Nations' and Canadian provinces, territories, and lands. Lauren Beck surveys a diverse range of Indigenous place names before discussing how settlers misunderstood and appropriated them throughout history. Along the way, Beck describes how language and other symbols such as maps, flags, and coats of arms reveal whose identities inform Canada's national self-understanding and whose are systematically erased. Uncovering the contingent processes behind seemingly inevitable descriptors, Beck also highlights instructive examples of communities who changed their names toward a more just future.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lauren Beck is professor of visual and material culture and the Canada Research Chair in intercultural encounter at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick.

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Éditeur
Concordia University
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1988111390
ISBN 13 
9781988111391
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
300
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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