Fur Nation: From the Beaver to Brigitte Bardot
, by Nadeau,ChantalNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415158749 | 0415158745
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 8/13/2001
i Fur Nation /i traces the interwoven relationships between sexuality, national identity, and colonialism. Chantal Nadeau shows how Canada, a white settler colony, bases its existence and its nationhood on a complex sexual economy based on women wrapped in fur. br Nadeau traces the centrality of fur through a series of intriguing case studies, including: br * Hollywood's take on the 330 year history of the Hudson Bay Company, founded to exploit Canada's rich fur resources br * the life of a postwar fur fashion photographer br * a 1950s musical called i My Fur Lady /i br * the battle between Brigitte Bardot's anti-fur activists and the fur industry. br Nadeau highlights the connection between 'fur ladies' - women wearing, exploiting or promoting furs - and the beaver, symbol of Canada and nature's master builder. She shows how, in postcolonial Canada, the nation is sexualized around female reproduction and fur, which is both a crucial factor in economic development, and a powerful symbolthrough which the nation itself is conceived and commodified. i Fur Nation /i demonstrates that, for Canada, fur really is the fabric of a nation.