The Quest of the Folk by Ian Mckay
Argues that the popular conception of Nova Scotians as a pure, simple, idyllic people is false. This book 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.
A compelling and innovative book.. McKay writes with a felicitous style, and his penetrating and hard-nosed critical stance promises to make this one of the more controversial works to emerge in Canadian history in recent years, particularly as it relates to the careers of the demigods of Nova Scotia's folk essence, Helen Creighton and Mary Black. Colin Howell, Department of History, St Mary's University. A magnificent piece of analysis bristling with insights. The Quest of the Folk is some of the best cultural history that has been produced in this country. Keith Walden, Department of History, Trent University.
Ian McKay is L.R. Wilson Chair of Canadian History, director of the Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University, and author of The Quest of the Folk: Antimodernism and Cultural Selection in Twentieth-Century Nova Scotia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780773512481 |
| ISBN 10 | 0773512489 |
| Title | The Quest of the Folk |
| Author | Ian Mckay |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Year published | 1994-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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