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Borderline Canadianness

Border Crossings and Everyday Nationalism in Niagara

By (author) Jane Helleiner
Format: Hardback
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada
Published: 20th Jun 2016
Dimensions: w 153mm h 238mm d 31mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN-10: 1442649054
ISBN-13: 9781442649057
Barcode No: 9781442649057
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Canada and the United States share the world's longest international border. For those living in the immediate vicinity of the Canadian side of the border, the events of 9/11 were a turning point in their relationship with their communities, their American neighbours and government officials. Borderline Canadianness offers a unique ethnographic approach to Canadian border life. The accounts of local residents, taken from interviews and press reports in Ontario's Niagara region, demonstrate how borders and everyday nationalism are articulated in complex ways across region, class, race, and gender. Jane Helleiner's examination begins with a focus on the "de-bordering" initiated by NAFTA and concludes with the "re-bordering" as a result of the 9/11 attacks. Her accounts of border life reveals disconnects between elite border projects and the concerns of ordinary citizens as well as differing views on national belonging. Helleiner has produced a work that illuminates the complexities and inequalities of borders and nationalism in a globalized world.

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"Borderline Canadianness is meticulous in all its particulars. Helleiner is rigorous in her review of relevant literature, in how she uses it both in constructing the interview grid and analyzing her results, and in highlighting key findings." -- Claude Denis, University of Ottawa * <em>British Journal of Canadian Studies</em> *