Patricia Molloy breaks new ground with this inter-disciplinary examination ofcontentious events within and beyond Canada, their relationship to and impacton Canada/US relations, and Canadian political and cultural identity both before and after 9/11. .Canada/US and Other Unfriendly Relations. examines conceptual issues of war and warfare, sovereignty and violence, multiculturalism, citizenship and identity, human rights and international law. Molloy draws on key theorists in a range of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, international relations, philosophy, Canadian studies, cultural studies, and critical race theory, and gives a close analysis of how myths of Canadian benevolence are circulated in Canadian and American media, from mainstream news to popular television, film, and the Internet. What emerges is a story of a conflictedand stormy relationship between two neighboring countries who rival and envy each other while failing to understand the other. INDICE: Killing Canadians (I): The International Politics of Capital Punishment.Killing Canadians (II): The Righteous Politics of the Accident.Marrying Americans: The Identity Politics of the Election(s).Framing Canadians (I): TheSpectacular Politics of the Arrests.Framing Canadians (II): The ExtraordinaryPolitics of Rendition.Resisting Americans: The Precarious Politics of Asylum.(B)ordering Canadians: The Hyperreal Politics of CBC's .The Border.
- ISBN: 978-1-1370-2340-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 204
- Fecha Publicación: 24/07/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido