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Beyond the BorderTensions across the Forty-Ninth Parallel in the Great Plains and Prairies |
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An interdisciplinary look at a neglected region of the Canada-US border.
The idea that the American Great Plains and the Canadian Prairies are just "fly-over" country is a mistake. In the post-9/11 era, politicians and policy-makers are paying more attention to the region, especially where border enforcement is concerned. Beyond the Border provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the region's increasing importance.
Drawing inspiration from Habermas's observation that certain modern phenomena - from ecological degradation and organized crime to increased capital mobility - challenge a state's ability to retain sovereignty over a fixed geographical region, contributors to this book question the ontological status of the Canada-US border. They look at how entertainment media represents the border for their viewers, how Canada and the US enforce the line that separates the two countries, and how the border appears from the viewpoint of Native communities where it was imposed through their traditional lands. Under this scrutiny, the border ceases to appear as self-evident, its status more fragile than otherwise imagined.
At a time when the importance of border security is increasingly stressed and the Great Plains and Prairies are becoming more economically and politically prominent, Beyond the Border offers necessary context for understanding decisions by politicians and policy-makers along the forty-ninth parallel.
Contributors include Phil Bellfy (Michigan State University), Christopher Cwynar (University of Wisconsin), Brandon Dimmel (Western University), Zalfa Feghali (University of Nottingham), Joshua Miner (University of Iowa), Paul Moore (Ryerson University), Michelle Morris (University of Waterloo), Paul Sando (Minnesota State University Moorhead), and Serra Tinic (University of Alberta).
Drawing inspiration from Habermas's observation that certain modern phenomena - from ecological degradation and organized crime to increased capital mobility - challenge a state's ability to retain sovereignty over a fixed geographical region, contributors to this book question the ontological status of the Canada-US border. They look at how entertainment media represents the border for their viewers, how Canada and the US enforce the line that separates the two countries, and how the border appears from the viewpoint of Native communities where it was imposed through their traditional lands. Under this scrutiny, the border ceases to appear as self-evident, its status more fragile than otherwise imagined.
At a time when the importance of border security is increasingly stressed and the Great Plains and Prairies are becoming more economically and politically prominent, Beyond the Border offers necessary context for understanding decisions by politicians and policy-makers along the forty-ninth parallel.
Contributors include Phil Bellfy (Michigan State University), Christopher Cwynar (University of Wisconsin), Brandon Dimmel (Western University), Zalfa Feghali (University of Nottingham), Joshua Miner (University of Iowa), Paul Moore (Ryerson University), Michelle Morris (University of Waterloo), Paul Sando (Minnesota State University Moorhead), and Serra Tinic (University of Alberta).
Details
264 Pages, 6x9
8 maps, 3 b&w photos, 2 drawings
ISBN 9780773541313
June 2013
Formats: Paperback, Cloth, eBook
"The book's strength is its consideration of how native peoples and the media identify and interpret the border, two areas of inquiry that beg for more theoretical, conceptual, and methodological deliberation. Because its disciplinary reach is wide, it should appeal to a broad audience, including scholars interested in media studies and Canadian-American relations and academics who study the "place" of natives in North America." Randy Widdis, Department of Geography, University of Regina
"As professors of communications, Conway and Pasch are not attempting to fully survey the cultural, political, and economic dynamics of the Great Plains and Prairies border region. Instead, they seek to reestablish the Canada-U.S. border as a useful and still rich area of study by weaving together diverse borderland viewpoints. Judged from that benchmark, Conway and Pasch’s book is an admirable accomplishment." Beyond the Border Observer
"As professors of communications, Conway and Pasch are not attempting to fully survey the cultural, political, and economic dynamics of the Great Plains and Prairies border region. Instead, they seek to reestablish the Canada-U.S. border as a useful and still rich area of study by weaving together diverse borderland viewpoints. Judged from that benchmark, Conway and Pasch’s book is an admirable accomplishment." Beyond the Border Observer
Kyle Conway is assistant professor of communication at the University of North Dakota and the author of Everyone Says No: Public Service Broadcasting and the Failure of Translation.
Timothy Pasch is assistant professor of communication at the University of North Dakota.
Timothy Pasch is assistant professor of communication at the University of North Dakota.
Figures vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Paradoxes of the Border 3
Kyle Conway and Timothy Pasch
The Mediated Border
1 The Borders of Cultural Difference: Canadian Television
and Cultural Identity 29
Serra Tinic
2 The Canadian Sitcom and the Fantasy of National Difference:
Little Mosque on the Prairie and English-Canadian Identity 39
Christopher Cwynar
3 The Flow of Amusement: The First Year of Moving Pictures
in the Red River Valley 71
Paul Moore
The Political Border
4 “Shutting Down the Snake Ranch”: Battling Booze
at the BC Border, 1910-14 93
Brandon Dimmel
5 International and Domestic Pressures on the Governance
of the St Mary and Milk Rivers 113
Michelle Morris
6 Water and Political Relations between the Upper Plains States
and the Prairie Provinces: What Works, What Doesn’t,
and What’s All Wet 133
Paul R. Sando
The Native Border
7 Border Studies and Indigenous Peoples: Reconsidering
Our Approach 153
Zalfa Feghali
8 Navigating the “Erotic Conversion”: Transgression and Sovereignty
in Native Literatures of the Northern Plains 170
Joshua D. Miner
9 The Anishnaabeg of Bawating: Indigenous People Look
at the Canada-US Border 199
Phil Bellfy
Conclusion: Beyond the Paradoxes of the Border 223
Kyle Conway and Timothy Pasch
Contributors 239
Index 243
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Paradoxes of the Border 3
Kyle Conway and Timothy Pasch
The Mediated Border
1 The Borders of Cultural Difference: Canadian Television
and Cultural Identity 29
Serra Tinic
2 The Canadian Sitcom and the Fantasy of National Difference:
Little Mosque on the Prairie and English-Canadian Identity 39
Christopher Cwynar
3 The Flow of Amusement: The First Year of Moving Pictures
in the Red River Valley 71
Paul Moore
The Political Border
4 “Shutting Down the Snake Ranch”: Battling Booze
at the BC Border, 1910-14 93
Brandon Dimmel
5 International and Domestic Pressures on the Governance
of the St Mary and Milk Rivers 113
Michelle Morris
6 Water and Political Relations between the Upper Plains States
and the Prairie Provinces: What Works, What Doesn’t,
and What’s All Wet 133
Paul R. Sando
The Native Border
7 Border Studies and Indigenous Peoples: Reconsidering
Our Approach 153
Zalfa Feghali
8 Navigating the “Erotic Conversion”: Transgression and Sovereignty
in Native Literatures of the Northern Plains 170
Joshua D. Miner
9 The Anishnaabeg of Bawating: Indigenous People Look
at the Canada-US Border 199
Phil Bellfy
Conclusion: Beyond the Paradoxes of the Border 223
Kyle Conway and Timothy Pasch
Contributors 239
Index 243
