tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post3902832641487132792..comments2024-02-20T14:00:41.771-05:00Comments on A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Writing the NationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-84478981644482189992013-01-15T20:15:16.603-05:002013-01-15T20:15:16.603-05:00Hey, Dru.
It's likely that where this line of...Hey, Dru.<br /><br />It's likely that where this line of inquiry is going to take me will look something like what you've described, in terms of "Canada" and power and so on, though I may end up using somewhat different language. My main task in this particular post was to begin figuring out how to write past the reified and magical dominant notion of the nation, using Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-11725923179333813682013-01-15T18:45:29.188-05:002013-01-15T18:45:29.188-05:00I'd define Canada based on the exercise of pow...I'd define Canada based on the exercise of power and power relations. For better or for worse, that's what hold this wildly diverse geographical together. The Queen, and the country's status as a Dominion speaks to that. Hockey as a signifier of cultural unity, I think, derives from the institutions and relationships that were developed based on the limitations and exigencies of thosedruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03374821387337450141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-41645067594233566722013-01-15T10:05:10.685-05:002013-01-15T10:05:10.685-05:00:) Well, that's certainly one common way of ta...:) Well, that's certainly one common way of talking about the kinds of things I raise in the post. And certainly a juxtoposition that comes from sharing place is one way that things that are understood as to do with "Canada" might get linked. So is the fact that said place is organized and regulated in part by a federal state. But I think because of the way we have of treating Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-77262862982582254812013-01-15T07:59:00.809-05:002013-01-15T07:59:00.809-05:00Good grief. It is where we live. Its not a religio...Good grief. It is where we live. Its not a religion or a cult or even a culture. Obviously, because of our shared federal government, people in BC and NB have things in common. But certainly no more so than between people in NB and Maine.<br /><br />Although I will grant you that the Leafs are more popular in Atlantic Canada than the Boston Bruins, despite their geographic proximity.Altavistagooglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301901043837306524noreply@blogger.com