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Patrizia Gentile

    Queen of the Maple Leaf
    Contesting Bodies and Nation in Canadian History
    • The history of the body in Canada is examined through various lenses, highlighting its role in shaping individual and national identity. This collection features contributions from interdisciplinary scholars who delve into how the body has been a focal point for contestation throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, addressing topics like fashion, art, sports, and beauty contests. The book offers a comprehensive exploration of the cultural and historical significance of the body in Canadian society.

      Contesting Bodies and Nation in Canadian History
    • Queen of the Maple Leaf

      • 292 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Queen of the Maple Leaf reveals the role of beauty pageants in entrenching settler femininity and white heteropatriarchy at the heart of twentieth- century Canada.

      Queen of the Maple Leaf