Politics & Current Affairs

Prerogatives: Contemporary Plays by Women

By Marie Clements, Vivienne Laxdal, Kelley Jo Burke, Kate Miles

Blood, semen, urine, and bruised bodies feature prominently in this collection of plays written between 1992 and 1995 by five women playwrights actively involved in the Canadian theatre scene. Although there is no mention of ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Slumming It at the Rodeo: The Cultural Roots of Canada’s Right-Wing Revolution

By Gordon Laird

Anyone who’s been left shocked, angry, or surprised by the rise of Canada’s neo-conservatives over the last decade or so will find much to cheer in Slumming It at the Rodeo: The Cultural Roots of ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Beauty Queens: A Playful History

By Candace Savage

Candace Savage’s Beauty Queens: A Playful History follows up on her earlier successes of chronicling the politics of female culture. She has written on similar topics in Bird Brains and Cowgirls. Beauty Queens is book ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Angelique

By Lorena Gale

Angelique is presumably based on a historical incident in Montreal in 1734 when a young, black female slave from the Portuguese island of Madiere was publicly humiliated, hanged, and burned at the stake on suspicion ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Muted Voice: Religion and the Media

By Michael W. Higgins

What is the difference between religion and spirituality? How does the media distinguish between the two? Or does it at all? In The Muted Voice: Religion and the Media, Michael W. Higgins takes an anecdotal ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ The Nature of Economies

By Jane Jacobs

Here at the city limits, we call ourselves rural. Young families on small acreages, seniors on larger and older parcels, work the fertile muck to grow organic-ish food or keep a favourite nag in oats. ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Pepper in Our Eyes: The Apec Affair

By W. Wesley Pue, ed.

It’s been over two years since the pepper-spraying of University of British Columbia students by the RCMP at a meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation captured national attention. In an age of limited historical memory, ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Bread Not Bombs: A Political Agenda for Social Justice

By Douglas Roche

Fortunately, Douglas Roche seems to have missed the unspoken rule that an appointment to the Canadian Senate usually means well-compensated obscurity, little work, and the occasional fine if you never show up.Rather than fading into ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Out of Poverty: And into Something More Comfortable

By John Stackhouse

The title of John Stackhouse’s book on overseas development is an awkward one. His work is awkward, too: an uneasy mix of travel memoir, critique of global economic policies, and benevolent Western look at the ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Garden of Eden

By Sharon Butala

Saskatchewan writer Sharon Butala, best known for her critically acclaimed work of creative non-fiction, The Perfection of the Morning, returns to fiction with her latest book. The Garden of Eden furthers her exploration of prairie ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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