Peripheral visions: the dissident geographies of Farley Mowat

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dc.contributor.advisorXie, Shaobo
dc.contributor.authorNunez Toews, David Juan
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:28:03Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:28:03Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 99-104en
dc.description.abstractFarley Mowat's stories of the Arctic and its inhabitants are a valuable model for subverting hegemonic national ideologies that obscure the experiences of subaltern populations. Images of the North and the Arctic wilderness hold a central role in Canadian national iconography, yet such images often serve to mask the realities of the northern regions. Mowat mobilizes an idealized image of the Canadian nation as a champion for human rights and ecology, as a rallying cry to redress the injustices and destruction that he witnessed during his northern travels. Mowat's work focuses a northward national gaze on the obscured peripheral space of the Arctic with hopes of bringing about changed attitudes towards the North in the southern metropolitan centres of power. His texts, which defy the constraints of form and genre, establish a liminal literary space from which he can mount a more effective challenge to institutional power and authority.
dc.format.extentxi, 104 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationNunez Toews, D. J. (2012). Peripheral visions: the dissident geographies of Farley Mowat (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4577en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/4577
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/105578
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titlePeripheral visions: the dissident geographies of Farley Mowat
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 2075 627942919
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleaseyen
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