The Quest of the Folk, CLS Edition: Antimodernism and Cultural Selection in Twentieth-Century Nova Scotia (Carleton Library Series) (Volume 212) - Softcover

McKay, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773535365 ISBN 13: 9780773535367

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Ian McKay shows how the tourism industry & cultural producers have manipulated the cultural identity of Nova Scotia to project traditional folk values. He offers analysis of the infusion of folk ideology into the art & literature of the region, & the use of the idea of the 'simple life' in tourism promotion.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian McKay is professor of history, Queen's University, and the author of For a Working-Class Culture in Canada: A Selection of Colin McKay's Writing on Sociology and Political Economy, 1897-1939.

Review:

"Magnificent analysis bristling with insight. The Quest of the Folk is among the best cultural history that has been produced in this country." Keith Walden, Trent University "Seldom do we see intellectual analyses engage as precisely and comprehensively with lived experience as does The Quest of the Folk." Dorothy Turner, HNet Reviews "The Quest of the Folk should appeal to anyone interested in the invention of tradition, and in what McKay calls cultural selection. It is beautifully written and, in terms of its content and interpretation, should serve as a model to cultural historians to set historical figures within the context of their times." Ann McMullen, The Public Historian "McKay's hard-nosed critical stance promises to make this one of the more controversial works in Canadian history, particularly as it relates to the careers of the demigods of Nova Scotia's 'folk essence,' Helen Creighton and Mary Black." Colin Howell, St Mary's University

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0773535365
• ISBN 13: 9780773535367
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 396