CDNS 1000 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, Canadian Studies, United States
20 Nov 2018
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Our culture is a palimpsest: a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain. States, marianne france, uncle sam united states, johnny canuck canada: female personifications seem to be more virginal, while males tend to be jolly or intimidating, mother canada. Stories that we tell ourselves about who we are truth and fiction intertwined. Myths in any nation tend to give people something to strive for, but are dangerous because they blur the truth and make it hard to question things that contradict the myth. Companies playing on the nationalism to sell product: example: tim hortons. Tutorials begin this week part of the attendance mark. Canadian studies undergraduate society looking for members / organizers. Has changed since it"s inception, evolved over time, carleton has one of the oldest programs but the oldest is from mount allison university.
