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The last best West : an exploration of myth, identity and quality of life in western Canada
Title
The last best West : an exploration of myth, identity and quality of life in western Canada / edited by Anne Gagnon ... [et al.].
ISBN
9781554200443 (pbk.)
155420044X (pbk.)
Published
Vancouver ; Point Roberts, WA : New Star Books ; Kamloops : TSC/ETC, 2009.
Physical Description
244 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Variant and related titles
Exploration of myth, identity and quality of life in western Canada
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 08, 2009
Series
Textual studies in Canada,
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Pt. I. Talking west
Are the Rocky Mountains conservative? Towards a theory of how the west functions in Canadian discourse / Rachel Nash
Gateway politics : west meets west in Kristjana Gunnars' Zero / Tanis MacDonald
What is a Chinese-Canadian accent? Ideologies of language and the construction of immigrant identities Yaying Zhang
Pt. II. Peopling west
Subjects of consumption and the "Alberta advantage" : representations of Wiebo Ludwig in the theatre and the media, 1997-2005 / Kimberley Mair
Unruly Alberta : queering the "last best west" / Gloria Filax
Teaching adventures in Seymour Arm : a case study of rural education / Pamela Cairns
Roundtable on defining quality of life & cultural indicators for small cities / W.F. Garrett-Petts, Johanne Provencal, eds.
Pt. III. Picturing west
Photojournal rhetorics of the west / Kalli Paakspuu
Re-viewing the west : a study of newspaper critics' perceptions of historical drama in a western Canadian small city / Ginny Ratsoy
Community engagement and professional theatre in the small city in British Columbia / James Hoffman
Babes in the woods : exotic Americans in British Columbia films / Mervyn Nicholson.
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