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Can I read The quest of the folk : antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia on EtoBox?
The quest of the folk : antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia by Ian McKay is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The quest of the folk : antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia about?
The popular conception of Nova Scotians as a purer, simpler, and more idyllic people is false, argues Ian McKay. In The Quest of the Folk he shows how the province's tourism industry and cultural producers manipulated and refashioned the cultural identity of the region and its people to project traditional folk values.
Who reads The quest of the folk : antimodernism and cultural selection in twentieth-century Nova Scotia?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ian McKay
- Publisher
- ACP - McGill Queen's University Press
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781282856943
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, History, Sociology