{"product_id":"finding-directions-west-readings-that-locate-and-dislocate-western-canadas-past-9781552388808","title":"Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): George Colpitts | Heather Devine\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Calgary Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Calgary Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canada - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding Directions West\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ways that Western Canada has served as a space of constant movement between places of spiritual, subsistence, and aesthetic importance. Showcasing new research, this volume brings together studies that approach community building, placemaking, and the self-creation of meaning from many different perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the representation of Indigenous people in museum displays to the efforts of LGBTQ+ people to discover themselves within the historical record, from the way Métis communities have turned to grassroots narratives as a means of cultural preservation to the efforts of early Alberta suffrage activists to define themselves within the public eye, this anthology is a fascinating overview of new directions in Canadian historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToo often, history is understood as fixed, precisely mapped and authoritatively documented. \u003cem\u003eFinding Directions West\u003c\/em\u003e challenges readers to think differently about the history of Western Canada, a region where people, places, and ideas are in constant, energetic flux, and where those who have come before leave a significant legacy for the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46492622258327,"sku":"9781552388808","price":3681.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781552388808.jpg?v=1766353599","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/finding-directions-west-readings-that-locate-and-dislocate-western-canadas-past-9781552388808","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}