Title Red mitten nationalism : sport, commercialism, and settler colonialism in Canada / Estée Fresco

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- RED MITTEN NATIONALISM -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- List of People -- Introduction: Impassioned Objects and Seething Absences -- 1 Commercializing French-Canadian Identity, Indigenous Cultures, and Nationalism in the 1976 Montreal Olympics -- 2 Commercializing English-Canadian Identity, Indigenous Cultures, and Oil in the 1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games -- 3 Commercializing Western Canadian Identity, Indigenous Cultures, and National Unity in the 1988 Calgary Olympics 4 Commercializing Indigenous Cultures and Lumber in the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games -- 5 Commercializing Reconciliation and Indigenous Cultures in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics -- Conclusion: Red Mitten Nationalism and a History That Is Still Alive -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "When Canada hosted the 1976 Montreal Olympics, few Canadians spectators waved flags in the stands. Only a few decades later, in the run-up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, thousands of Canadians wore red mittens with white maple leaves on the palms. In doing so, they turned their hands into miniature flags that flew with even a casual wave. Red Mitten Nationalism investigates this shift in Canadians' displays of patriotism by exploring how common understandings of Canadian history and identity are shaped at the intersection of sport, commercialism, and nationalism. Through case studies of recent Canadian-hosted Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Estée Fresco argues that representations of Indigenous peoples' cultures are central to the way everyday Canadians, corporations, and sport organizations remember the past and understand the present. Corporate sponsors and Games organizers highlight selective ideas about the nation's identity, and unacknowledged truths about the history and persistence of Settler colonialism in Canada haunt the commercial and cultural features of these sporting events. Commodities that represent the nation - from disposable trinkets to carefully curated objects of nostalgia - are not uncomplicated symbols of national pride, but rather reminders that Canada is built on Indigenous land and Settlers profit from its natural resources. Red Mitten Nationalism challenges readers to re-evaluate how Canadians use sport and commercial practices to express their patriotism and to understand the impact of this expression on the current state of Indigenous-Settler relations."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 05, 2023) Subject Nationalism and sports -- Canada Commercialism in sports -- Canada Olympics -- Economic aspects -- Canada Olympics -- Social aspects -- Canada Sports -- Economic aspects -- Canada Sports -- Social aspects -- Canada Indigenous peoples -- Canada. SPORTS & RECREATION / History. Indigenous peoples Nationalism and sports Sports -- Social aspects Canada Form Electronic book ISBN 0228015146 9780228015154 0228015154 9780228015147

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