Timing Canada: The Shifting Politics of Time in Canadian Literary Culture
Timing Canada • McGill-Queens University Press • ISBN 9780773545991
Timing Canada: The Shifting Politics of Time in Canadian Literary Culture
Timing Canada • McGill-Queens University Press • ISBN-13 9780773545991
ISBN-10 1121813240 • 2015
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From punch clocks to prison sentences, from immigration waiting periods to controversial time-zone boundaries, from Indigenous grave markers that count time in centuries rather than years, to the fact that free time is shrinking faster for women than for men - time shapes the fabric of Canadian society every day, but in ways that are not always visible or logical.In Timing Canada, Paul Huebener draws from cultural history, time-use surveys, political statements, literature, and visual art to craft a detailed…
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