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 21st-
century monolithic myth of Canada, a nation that is weird, lovable, and
real — if only in your imagination.
J.C. VILLAMERE knew how to drive a Ski-Doo by age eight and her body
is 90 percent maple syrup. She is the most Canadian woman in the world.
Villamere writes to remind you that your country is wise and weird and
you‘re
’ in charge of keeping it that way. She is the publisher of Villamere:
The Lowbrow Magazine of High-End Can Lit. She lives in Hamilton.
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For more information contact $15.99 | £10.99
Publicist: Jaclyn Hodsdon
ISBN:
[email protected] | 416 214
5544 9781459738836
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5"x7" | 200 pages
75 Illustrations, colour
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