| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
"Now Our Masters Have No Borders" -- I'se the B'y That Leaves the Boats : The Changing World of Work -- Sucking the Mother Dry : The Fisheries -- "Acceptable Levels of Risk" : Mining and Offshore Oil -- Uncivil Servitude : The Service Sector -- "About as Far from Disneyland as You Can Possibly Get" : The Reshaping of Culture -- "The Simpler and More Colourful Way of Life" -- Rebuffing the Gaze -- The Age of Sale : History, Globalization, and Commodification -- "A ̀Sea-Change' of Sorts": Newfoundland and Labrador -- "A Place That Didn't Count Any More" : The Maritimes |
| Summary |
A study of the work of over 20 contemporary Atlantic-Canadian writers, countering the widespread impression of Atlantic Canada as a quaint if backward place. By examining their treatment of work, culture and history, the book highlights how these writers resist the image of Atlantic Canadians as improvident and regressive, if charming, folk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Canadian literature -- Atlantic Provinces -- History and criticism
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Canadian literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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Literature and globalization -- Atlantic Provinces
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Canadian literature
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Literature
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Literature and globalization
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Globalisierung
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Literatur
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| SUBJECT |
Atlantic Provinces -- In literature
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| Subject |
Canada -- Atlantic Provinces
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Kanada -- Ost
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Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554583706 |
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1554583705 |
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9781554583515 |
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1554583519 |
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1554583268 |
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9781554583263 |
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