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IMAGINING DIFFERENCE
LEGEND, CURSE, AND SPECTACLE IN A CANADIAN MINING TOWN |
| By: |
Leslie A. Robertson |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774810939 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774810937 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
17 June, 2005 |
| Pages: |
348 |
| Description: |
An ethnography about historical and contemporary ideas of human difference expressed by residents of Fernie, BC, a coal-mining town transforming into an international ski resort. |
| Synopsis: |
Imagining Difference is an ethnography about historical andcontemporary ideas of human difference expressed by residents ofFernie, BC -- a coal-mining town transforming into an international skiresort. Focusing on diverse experiences of people from the Europeandiaspora, Robertson analyzes expressions of difference from themultiple locations of age, ethnicity, gender, class, and religion. Herstarting point is a popular local legend about an indigenous curse caston the valley and its residents in the nineteenth century. Successiveinterpretations of the story reveal a complicated landscape of memoryand silence, mapping out official and contested histories, social andscientific theories as well as the edicts of political discourse.Cursing becomes a metaphor for discursive power resonating inpolitical, popular, and cultural contexts, transmitting ideas ofdifference across generations and geographies.Stories are powerful imaginative resources in the contexts ofcolonialism, war, immigration, labour strife, natural disaster,treaty-making, and globalization.This study suggests that whilecriteria may shift, ideas of "race" and"foreignness," expressions of regionalism, and class andreligious identity remain fixed in the social imagination.The author draws from folklore, media imagery, historical records,and interviews; field notes and verbatim accounts provide readers witha sense of the ethnographic process. While situated historically andsocially in Fernie, BC, this work will appeal to those in anthropology,women's studies, Native studies, and history, as well as toregional readers and anyone interested in life in resource towns inNorth America. |
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20 b&w illustrations, 2 maps |
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Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
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