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"Gendered images and symbols were of central importance to public debate about loyalty, political conflict, and religious participation in early Ontario. Drawing on a wide range of international scholarship in feminist theory, women's and gender history, and cultural studies, Cecilia Morgan analyses political and religious languages in the Upper Canadian press, both secular and religious, and other material published in the colony from the 1790s to the 1850s. She examines constructs and concepts of gender in a wide number of areas: narratives of the War of 1812, political struggles over responsible government in the 1820s and 1830s, evangelical religious discourses throughout these decades, and related discussions of manners and moral behaviour. She also considers the relations between religion and politics in the 1840s, pointing to the continuous struggles of Upper Canadians to define and fix the meanings of public and private and their use of masculinity and femininity to signify these realms. She suggests as well that scholars of gender and colonial history need to consider a more nuanced way of understanding social formation in the colony through an examination of the representation of voluntary organizations. The book also examines relations of gender, class, and race as they affected the cultural development of the middle class." "Morgan concludes that while seemingly hegemonic definitions of gender relations emerged over this period - with men and masculinity identified with politics and loyalty to the colonial state and imperial connection, and women and femininity linked to the home - the meanings of gender and gendered imagery differed according to their contexts. Colonial society's attempts to make sharp delineations between the public and the private were rarely successful and were marked by numerous tensions and contradictions."--Jacket

Sex role --- Sex role --- History --- History --- Ontario --- Ontario --- Ontario --- Religion --- Religion --- Social life and customs.

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Creating Colonial Pasts explores the creation of history and memory in Southern Ontario through the experience of its inhabitants, especially those who took an active role in the preservation and writing of Ontario's colonial past.

Collective memory --- Memorialization --- Ontario, Southern --- Historiography.

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"Heroines and History is a co-authored, comparative study of the images of Madeleine de Vercheres and Laura Secord, symbols respectively of French-Canadian and English-Canadian loyalism and nationalism. The authors explore the roles of gender, race/ethnicity, and imperialism in defining national identity and shaping the past by looking at the role of local historical societies, the formation of narratives of Loyalism and the War of 1812 in school texts, and the use of historical figures in the service of twentieth-century consumer capitalism (e.g., the Secord chocolate company) and in the development of tourism." "This is a fascinating comparison of the histories of Ontario and Quebec as seen through the handling of their best-known heroines. Most Canadians are familiar with stories of Madeleine de Vercheres defending Montreal against the Iroquois in 1692 and of Laura Secord and her cow bravely crossing the American lines to warn the British during the War of 1812. In both cases, the authors show how these heroines were used for nationalistic purposes in their respective provinces, and how their images changed down through the ages." "Heroines and History makes a significant contribution to the growing body of literature on commemoration, as well as to the literatures of gender, cultural, and Aboriginal studies. It will be of interest both to specialist academic readers and general readers of Canadian history and society."--Jacket

Women heroes --- Nationalism --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Heroines --- Heroes --- History. --- Verchères, Madeleine de, --- Secord, Laura, --- Secord, Laura Ingersoll, --- Ingersoll, Laura, --- De Verchères, Madeleine, --- Jarret de Verchères, Marie-Madeleine, --- La Pérade, Marie-Madeleine Tarieu de, --- De la Pérade, Marie-Madeleine Tarieu, --- Tarieu de la Pérade, Marie-Madeleine, --- Verchères, Marie-Madeleine de, --- Verchères, Magdelaine de, --- Canada français. --- Canada anglais. --- Canada. --- Canada (Province) --- Canadae --- Ceanada --- Chanada --- Chanadey --- Dominio del Canadá --- Dominion of Canada --- Jianada --- Kʻaenada --- Kaineḍā --- Kanada --- Ḳanadah --- Kanadaja --- Kanadas --- Ḳanade --- Kanado --- Kanakā --- Province of Canada --- Republica de Canadá --- Yn Chanadey

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Developmental psychology --- Christian religion --- Sociology of minorities --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Sociology of work --- Sociology of occupations --- Colonisation. Decolonisation --- Politics --- Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Sexology --- Nursing --- Gender --- Indigenous population --- Catholic Church --- Colonialism --- Masculinity --- Working-class women --- Politics --- Sexuality --- Criminal law --- Homelessness --- Health care practitioner --- Images of women --- Féminité --- Book --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1900-1999 --- Canada