Explores how celebrity phenomena have operated and developed in Canada over the last two centuries. Topics range from politics and sports to film and literature. Essays highlight the trends that characterize Canadian celebrity and explore the specific cultures and institutions that distinguish fame in Canada from fame elsewhere.
Explores how celebrity phenomena have operated and developed in Canada over the last two centuries. Topics range from politics and sports to film and literature. Essays highlight the trends that characterize Canadian celebrity and explore the specific cultures and institutions that distinguish fame in Canada from fame elsewhere.
Katja Lee has recently completed a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia and now teaches at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Western Australia. She has published essays on celebrity, public identity performance, and life writing. Her most recent work has been published in Celebrity Studies, Life Writing, and The Journal of Modern Periodical Studies. With Lorraine York, she co-edited Celebrity Cultures in Canada. Lorraine York is Senator William McMaster Chair in Canadian Literature and Culture in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Her most recent books are Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity (2013) and Literary Celebrity in Canada (2007). She is currently at work on a project on reluctant celebrity.
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Celebrity Cultures in Canada: It's Not a Question Katja Lee and Lorraine York 2. 1. Rediscovering Nell Shipman for Canadian Cultural Heritage Amy Shore 3. 2. ""What an elastic nationality she possesses!"" Transnational Celebrity Identities in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Katja Lee 4. 3. Denaturalizing the Myth of Terry Fox and Canadian Disabled Celebrity Valerie J. Millar 5. 4. Canadian Political Celebrity: From Trudeau to Trudeau Jennifer Bell 6. 5. Celebrity and Indigeneity Lorraine York 7. 6. Lament for a Hockey Nation, Don Cherry, and the Apparatus of Canadian Celebrity Julie Rak 8. 7. Bon Cop, Bad Cop: A Tale of Two Star Systems Liz Czach 9. 8. Crossover Stars: Canadian Viewing Strategies and the Case of Callum Keith Rennie Katherine Ann Roberts 10. 9. What's So Funny about Canadian Expats? The Comedian as Celebrity Export Danielle J. Deveau 11. 10. Celebrity Verses Scandal: Prizing Poetry in Canada Owen Percy 12. 11. Bureaucratic Celebrity Ira Wagman
Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Celebrity Cultures in Canada: It's Not a Question Katja Lee and Lorraine York 2. 1. Rediscovering Nell Shipman for Canadian Cultural Heritage Amy Shore 3. 2. ""What an elastic nationality she possesses!"" Transnational Celebrity Identities in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Katja Lee 4. 3. Denaturalizing the Myth of Terry Fox and Canadian Disabled Celebrity Valerie J. Millar 5. 4. Canadian Political Celebrity: From Trudeau to Trudeau Jennifer Bell 6. 5. Celebrity and Indigeneity Lorraine York 7. 6. Lament for a Hockey Nation, Don Cherry, and the Apparatus of Canadian Celebrity Julie Rak 8. 7. Bon Cop, Bad Cop: A Tale of Two Star Systems Liz Czach 9. 8. Crossover Stars: Canadian Viewing Strategies and the Case of Callum Keith Rennie Katherine Ann Roberts 10. 9. What's So Funny about Canadian Expats? The Comedian as Celebrity Export Danielle J. Deveau 11. 10. Celebrity Verses Scandal: Prizing Poetry in Canada Owen Percy 12. 11. Bureaucratic Celebrity Ira Wagman
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