The popular conception of Nova Scotians as a pure, simple, idyllic people is false, argues Ian Mc Kay. In The Quest of the Folk he shows how the province’s tourism industry and cultural producers manipulated and refashioned the cultural identity of the region and its people to project traditional folk values. Mc Kay offers an in-depth analysis of the infusion of a folk ideology into the art and literature of the region and the use of the idea of the "Simple Life" in tourism promotion. He examines how Nova Scotia’s cultural history was rewritten to erase evidence of an urban, capitalist society, class and ethnic differences, and women’s emancipation. In doing so he sheds new light on the roles of Helen Creighton, the Maritime region’s most famous folklorist, and Mary Black, an influential handicrafts revivalist, in creating this false identity.
Ian McKay
Quest of the Folk, CLS Edition [EPUB ebook]
Antimodernism and Cultural Selection in Twentieth-Century Nova Scotia
Quest of the Folk, CLS Edition [EPUB ebook]
Antimodernism and Cultural Selection in Twentieth-Century Nova Scotia
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9780773583306 ● Casa editrice MQUP ● Pubblicato 2009 ● Scaricabile 3 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5836875 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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