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Offers an extensive and critical vision of border culture on the
move, in bridging border studies and culture theory as it provides
insights drawn from numerous examples worldwide and a growing
international literature on borders and culture. Interrogates many
of our assumptions and murky explanations of the intersection of
borders and culture, and enable a new, broadly based dialogue about
border culture worldwide.
Offers an extensive and critical vision of border culture on the
move, in bridging border studies and culture theory as it provides
insights drawn from numerous examples worldwide and a growing
international literature on borders and culture. Interrogates many
of our assumptions and murky explanations of the intersection of
borders and culture, and enable a new, broadly based dialogue about
border culture worldwide.
September 11, 2001 marked the beginning of a new era of security
imperatives for many countries. The border between Canada and the
United States suddenly emerged from relative obscurity to become a
focus of constant attention by media, federal and state/provincial
governments on both sides of the boundary, and the public at large.
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the Canada-USA
border in its 21st century form, placing it within the context of
border and borderlands theory, globalization and the changing
geopolitical dialogue. It argues that this border has been
reinvented as a 'state of the art', technology-steeped crossing
system, while the image of the border has been engineered to appear
consistent with the 'friendly' border of the past. It shows how a
border can evolve to a heightened level of security and yet
continue to function well, sustaining the massive flow of trade. It
argues whether, in doing so, the US-Canada border offers a model
for future borderlands. Although this model is still evolving and
still aspires toward better management practices, the template may
prove useful, not only for North America, but also in conflict
border zones as well as the meshed border regions of the EU,
Africa's artificial line boundaries and other global situations.
September 11, 2001 marked the beginning of a new era of security
imperatives for many countries. The border between Canada and the
United States suddenly emerged from relative obscurity to become a
focus of constant attention by media, federal and state/provincial
governments on both sides of the boundary, and the public at large.
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the Canada-USA
border in its 21st century form, placing it within the context of
border and borderlands theory, globalization and the changing
geopolitical dialogue. It argues that this border has been
reinvented as a 'state of the art', technology-steeped crossing
system, while the image of the border has been engineered to appear
consistent with the 'friendly' border of the past. It shows how a
border can evolve to a heightened level of security and yet
continue to function well, sustaining the massive flow of trade. It
argues whether, in doing so, the US-Canada border offers a model
for future borderlands. Although this model is still evolving and
still aspires toward better management practices, the template may
prove useful, not only for North America, but also in conflict
border zones as well as the meshed border regions of the EU,
Africa's artificial line boundaries and other global situations.
Border culture emerges through the intersection and engagement of
imagination, affinity and identity. It is evident wherever
boundaries separate or sort people and their goods, ideas or other
belongings. It is the vessel of engagement between countries and
peoples—assuming many forms, exuding a variety of expressions,
changing shapes—but border culture does not disappear once it is
developed, and it may be visualized as a thread that runs
throughout the process of globalization. Border culture is conveyed
in imaginaries and productions that are linked to borderland
identities constructed in the borderlands. These identities
underlie the enforcement of control and resistance to power that
also comprise border cultures. Canada’s borders in globalization
offer an opportunity to explore the interplay of borders and
culture, identify the fundamental currents of border culture in
motion, and establish an approach to understanding how border
culture is placed and replaced in globalization. Published in
English.
Border culture emerges through the intersection and engagement of
imagination, affinity and identity. It is evident wherever
boundaries separate or sort people and their goods, ideas or other
belongings. It is the vessel of engagement between countries and
peoples—assuming many forms, exuding a variety of expressions,
changing shapes—but border culture does not disappear once it is
developed, and it may be visualized as a thread that runs
throughout the process of globalization. Border culture is conveyed
in imaginaries and productions that are linked to borderland
identities constructed in the borderlands. These identities
underlie the enforcement of control and resistance to power that
also comprise border cultures. Canada’s borders offer an
opportunity to explore the interplay of borders and culture,
identify the fundamental currents of border culture in motion, and
establish an approach to understanding how border culture is placed
and replaced in globalization. This title is part of the Borders in
Globalization (BIG) SSHRC-funded research project. Published in
English.
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