Is Canada Even Real?

How a Nation Built on Hobos, Beavers, Weirdos, and Hip Hop Convinced the World to Beliebe

J.C. Villamere (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2017
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-3883-6 (ISBN)

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Is Canada Even Real? is a funny nostalgia trip for Canadians and those poor, tobboganless souls outside our maple-scented borders. This book handily stitches together a fresh national identity based on Canada’s true modern icons. It’s a fun history lesson, and a quirky ode to a quirky land.

This quirky ode to a quirky land is a humorous nostalgia trip and a fun Canadian history lesson couched in a hipster quiz book.

If you’ve ever wondered

Why is the inuksuk more revered than Wheelchair Jimmy?
Does the iconic beaver really represent us better than The Littlest Hobo?
Is everyone going canoeing without me or is canoeing way less of a thing than it’s made out to be?

then this book is for you.

Is Canada even real? It’s a question that’s being asked more and more, thanks to our waterproof, see-through, supposedly maple-scented currency and our improbably hot prime minister’s assertion that Santa lives here.

In the age of Google Maps and #factcheck, how could the existence of Canada be questioned? And yet how could a nation that’s the home of toboggans, Drake, and KD exist in the same realm as, say, Belgium or Niger?

Is Canada Even Real? examines the cultural factors behind the twenty-first-century monolithic myth of Canada, a nation that is lovable and real — if only in your imagination.

J.C. Villamere, who knew how to drive a Ski-Doo by age eight, reminds you that your country is wise and weird and you’re in charge of keeping it that way.

Introduction

Section One: HOBOS: Which Haunting Hobo Myths Are Real and Which Are Imagined?
1. The Littlest Hobo: Our German Shepherd Guardian Angel TV Star
2. Sol: The Hobo Clown of Parlez-Moi/Your Nightmares
3. Wilf Carter: Maritime Cowboy and Hobo Balladeer
4. Hobo with a Shotgun: Vigilante Hobo Canuxploitation A-Go-Go

Section Two: BEAVERS: What's True and What's a Dam Lie?
5. The "Beaver Hour": CanCon Quota Gets a Ghetto Shot
6. Hinterland’s Who’s Who: Cool Flute Tune but Beaver Questions Remain
7. Cucumber: Moose + Beaver + Tree House = Zero Cukes
8. The Beaver: Tittering Pervs Force Mag's Name Change

Section Three: HIP HOP: Is Any of These Scenarios Legit?
9. Electric Circus: Let's Spandex-Dance on TV
10. Maestro Fresh-Wes: The Backbone of Canadian Hip Hop
11. Snow: All the "Informer" Info That's Fit to Print
12. "Wheelchair Jimmy": Started from Degrassi, Now He's Drizzy

Section Four: WEIRDOS: Which of These Were Actually Canadian Prime Ministers?
13. Sir John A. MacDonald: Founder of the "Go Home, Dad, You're Drunk" Meme
14. William Lyon Mckenzie King: Inspired Spiritualist, Big, Big Fan of Dogs
15. Stephen Harper: Hockey Fan, Murdoch Mysteries Star
16. Justin Trudeau: #hair

Bonus Round: MASCOTS: Which of These Creations Were Brought to Fruition?
17. Hidy and Howdy: Twin Rodeo Polar Bears
18. Peter Puck: The Itchy & Scratchy of Hockey
19: Youppi!: The Ulitmate Free Agent
20: Bonhomme: Super A-Lister Snowman

Acknowledgements
Appendix
Sources
Image Credits
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	01.06.2017
Zusatzinfo	Index; 93 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 178 mm
Gewicht	383 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4597-3883-7 / 1459738837
ISBN-13	978-1-4597-3883-6 / 9781459738836
Zustand	Neuware