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Women and Popular Culture in Canada
Edited by Laine Halpern Zisman
May 2020
Print ISBN: 9780889616158
Overview
The first book of its kind, this volume explores women and non-binary people in popular culture in Canada, with a focus on intersectional analysis of settler colonialism, race, white privilege, ability, and queer representations and experiences in diverse media. The chapters include discussions of film, television, videogames, music, and performance, as well as political events, journalism, social media, fandom, and activism. Throughout this collection, readers are encouraged to think carefully about the role women play in the cultural landscape in Canada as active viewers, creators, and participants.
Covering a wide range of topics from historical perspectives to recent events, media, and technologies, this collection acts as an introduction, an archive, and a continuing commitment to lifting the voices and stories of women and popular culture in Canada. This book is a must-read for gender studies and media studies courses that focus on popular culture, Canadian feminism, and Canadian media.
FEATURES
- includes questions for critical thought that stimulate discussion
- focuses on intersections of race, gender, ability, and sexuality
- provides contemporary Canadian content from an interdisciplinary and intersectional lens
Table of Contents
Introduction. Mediated Nation: Genders and Geographies of Popular Culture
Laine Zisman Newman
PART I - Noteworthy and Newsworthy: The Political and the Popular
1. Representing Misogynoir in Canadian News Media: From BLMTO to Marci Ien,
Cheryl Thompson
2. Reform and Utopia in Canadian Islamic Feminism: The Contradictory Project of Irshad Manji
Dilyana Mincheva
3. Tales of Resistance and Activism: South Asian Women Journalists in Metro Vancouver
Syeda Nayab Bukhari
PART II - Feminist, Eh?: Re-Reading Canadian Texts and TV
4. “How Were We to Know We Were Happy?”: Fairy Tale (Fr)antics and Margaret Atwood’s Fickle Feminism
T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko
5. “Thank You, Spike”: Representations of Teen Pregnancy in the Degrassi Franchise
Christine Mazumdar
6. "Thank You for Making Me Feel So Comfortable in Your Home": Baroness von Sketch Queering Up Canadian Television
Claire Carter
PART III - In Shining Armour: Cops, Robbers, and Superheroes
7. The Case of the Missing Detectives: Canadian Crime Films and the Absent Female Sleuth
Andrea Braithwaite and Olga Marques
8. Succubi, Synthetics, and Clones, Oh My!: Myths of Multiculturalism and Gender Equity in Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy
Laine Zisman Newman
9. Nelvana of the Northern Lights: White Goddess or Inuk Superheroine?
Chris Klassen
PART IV -Taking Charge: Recasting Pop Culture through Participatory Media
10. Instapoets and YouTube Stars: Second Generation Immigrant Young Women Reimagining the Canadian National Narrative
Anuppiriya Sriskandarajah
11. The Videoludic Cyborg : Queer and Feminist Appropriations and Hybridity
Roxanne Chartrand and Pascale Thériault
12. Playing with Identity: Exploring the Role of Gender, Death Positivity, and Queer Representation in A Mortician’s Tale
Victoria Kannen and Aaron Langille
PART V - Necessary, Not Radical: Gender Inclusivity in Performance, Podcasts, and Music
13. Indigenous Rage Incarnate: Irreconcilable Spaces and Indigestible Bodies
Jill Carter
14. “If I Disappear... Come Find Me”: Seeking Trans Feminine Music in Canada
Valley WeeDick
15. Inviting Women to Speak: The Boundaries of Gendered Access Intimacy within the Context of Podcasts with Sick and Disabled Guests
Jessica Watkin
Recommended Readings. Collective Resistance: Building Futures through Histories
Author Biographies
