Reclaiming Canadian bodies : visual media and representation

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Introduction / Karen McGarry and Lynda Mannik

Section 1: Embodied Ideals. 1 The Media and the Ideal and Fat Body: An Examination of Embodiment and Affect in a Canadian Context / Wendy Mitchinson, History, University of Waterloo

We've Got Beaver! Women as a National Resource in Canadian Beer Commercial / Ailsa Craig, Sociology, Memorial University

Ethnographic Frictions and the Ice Scandal : Affect, Mass Media, and Canadian Nationalism in High-Performance Figure Skating / Karen McGarry, Anthropology, McMasterUniversity Section 2: The Embodiment of Others. Pride, Shame, and Canadian Sporting Identities: Media Depictions of Wayne Gretzky, Ben Johnson, and Georges St-Pierre / Dale Spencer, Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Bryan Hogeveen, Sociology, University of Alberta

Arrivals by Boat in the Canadian Press: Humanitarian Effort or Crisis? / Lynda Mannik, Anthropology,York University Section 3: Embodied Activism and Advocacy. Feeling Our Pain: The Embodied Cinema of Loretta Todd / Jennifer L. Gauthier, Communication Studies, Randolph College

On Devrait Tout Détruire : Photography, Habitus, and Symbolic Violence in Clichy-sous-Bois and Regent Park / Chris Richardson, Communication Studies, Young Harris College

Media Legacies: Community, Memory, and Territory / Michael Connors Jackman, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Memorial University

Conclusion / Lynda Mannik and KarenMcGarry