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Canada and the idea of North

An exploration of northern Canadian imagery, with examples from literature, art, music, and popular culture. (Sherrill E. Grace, Montréal, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001, 341 p.)

Subjects: Arts, Imaginary North, Indigenous authors, Literature, Popular culture, Music, Northern Canada

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Géocultures : Méthodologies russes sur l’Arctique

Collective essay on cultural methodologies on the Arctic in the context of Siberia. (Daniel Chartier, Dmitry Zamyatin, Ekaterina Romanova et Olga Lavrenova, Montréal, Imaginaire Nord, coll. «Isberg», 2020, 100 p. Translated from Russian by Marianna Samsonova.)

Subjects: Imaginary North, Research methodologies, Russia, Siberia

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Inuit Literatures

This site contains biographies of writers from Nunavik, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut and Greenland, a presentation of works written by the Inuit of these territories, documents to better understand the cultural Inuit history, and a cultural chronology taken from their own works. (Laboratoire international de recherche sur l’imaginaire du Nord, de l’hiver et de l’Arctique. Université du Québec à Montréal. «Littératures inuites». URL [https://inuit.uqam.ca/fr] )

Subjects: Indigenous authors, Indigenous literature, Inuit

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Le Nord, latitudes imaginaires

A collection of comparative and thematic studies by European authors on the idea of the North in literature. (Monique Dubar et al., Villeneuve d’Ascq : Université Charles-de-Gaulle – Lille 3, 2000, 490 p.)

Subjects: Imaginary North, Literature, Northern Europe

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Le(s) Nord(s) imaginaire(s)

A collection of essays offering an international perspective on the idea of the North in literature and the arts. (Daniel Chartier, Montréal : Imaginaire/Nord, 2008, 335 p.)

Subjects: Arts, Discovery, Exploration, Imaginary North, Literature

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Qu’est-ce que l’imaginaire du Nord? Principes éthiques

Essay on the multidisciplinary methodology of the North and the cultural Arctic and its ethical principles. (Daniel Chartier, Montréal et Harstad (Norvège), Imaginaire Nord et Arctic Arts Summit, coll. « Isberg », 2018, 157p.)

Subjects: Culture, Imaginary North, Nordicity

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The iconic north: cultural constructions of Aboriginal life in postwar Canada

Joan Sangster

This book analyses the dominant perceptions of northern Indigenous communities and peoples in settler-Canadian textual and visual materials. It argues that these dominant narratives are both tools and products of colonial oppression and consolidation. (Joan Sangster, Vancouver, UBC Press, 2016, 391 p. )

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The idea of north

Peter Davidson

An exploration of various representations of the North in literature, painting, and prints, as well as in mythology, from a European standpoint. (Peter Davidson, London, Reaktion, 2004, 272 p.)

Subjects: Arts, Imaginary North, Indigenous authors, Literature, Mythology, Northern Europe

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What is the imaginated North? Ethical Principles

Daniel Chartier

Essay on the multidisciplinary methodology of the North and the cultural Arctic and its ethical principles. (Daniel Chartier, Montréal and Harstad (Norway), Imaginaire Nord and Arctic Arts Summit, coll. « Isberg », 2018, 157 p. Translated from French by Christina Duck Kannenberg.)

Subjects: Culture, Imaginary North, Nordicity

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