{"product_id":"the-politics-of-the-canoe-9780887559099","title":"The Politics of the Canoe","description":"\u003cp\u003ePopularly 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking a critical stance on the canoe, \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of the Canoe\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlmost 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErickson, Bruce:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce Erickson \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of Manitoba. His work investigates the cultural politics of recreation and tourism within the context of settler colonialism in Canada and beyond. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eCanoe Nation: Nature, Race and the Making of a National Icon\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWylie Krotz, Sarah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Wylie Krotz \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Associate Professor of English literature at the University of Alberta. Her research explores the complex web of relations among literature, land, and ecological thought. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eMapping with Words: Anglo-Canadian Literary Cartographies, 1789-1916\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Manitoba Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567713030418,"sku":"9780887559099","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_406b36a0-19a2-4c53-bb91-017d48fdde37.jpg?v=1731926982","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-politics-of-the-canoe-9780887559099","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}