The Mountie from Dime Novel to Disney
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Apr 1998
- Subjects
- Popular Culture, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926662664
- Publish Date
- Apr 1998
- List Price
- $16.99
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Description
Historian Michael Dawson digs deep into the written and pictorial record to reveal how the RCMP, since its inception, has constructed and zealously guarded its public image. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Dawson documents how consultants and entrepreneurs deliberately transformed and modernized the traditional symbolism of the Mountie. His trenchant analysis extends to the ironies of the recent licensing of the hallowed Mountie image to the ultimate dream-merchants?Disney.
About the author
Michael Dawson is Professor of History at St where he teaches courses on Canadian History, the global history of sport and tourism, and the comparative history of national identity and popular culture in Canada, New Zealand and Australia.In 2014 he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Editorial Reviews
“A fascinating account of the Mountie’s history as national symbol.”
Geoff Pevere, Canadian Dimension