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Popularly thought of as a recreational vehicle and one of the key
ingredients of an ideal wilderness getaway, the canoe is also a
political vessel. A potent symbol and practice of Indigenous
cultures and traditions, the canoe has also been adopted to assert
conservation ideals, feminist empowerment, citizenship practices,
and multicultural goals. Documenting many of these various uses,
this book asserts that the canoe is not merely a matter of leisure
and pleasure; it is folded into many facets of our political life.
Taking a critical stance on the canoe, The Politics of the Canoe
expands and enlarges the stories that we tell about the canoe's
relationship to, for example, colonialism, nationalism,
environmentalism, and resource politics. To think about the canoe
as a political vessel is to recognize how intertwined canoes are in
the public life, governance, authority, social conditions, and
ideologies of particular cultures, nations, and states. Almost
everywhere we turn, and any way we look at it, the canoe both
affects and is affected by complex political and cultural
histories. Across Canada and the U.S., canoeing cultures have been
born of activism and resistance as much as of adherence to the
mythologies of wilderness and nation building. The essays in this
volume show that canoes can enhance how we engage with and
interpret not only our physical environments, but also our
histories and present-day societies.
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William E McCarthy; Photographs by William E McCarthy; Cover design or artwork by William E McCarthy
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