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- Title
"Adventures in Rainbow Country" and the Narration of Nationhood.
- Authors
Macfarlane, Heather
- Abstract
The Canadian family-adventure series "Adventures in Rainbow Country" followed in the wake of the deeply optimistic 1967 Centennial celebrations and reflects the country's long tradition of nation building. Given the rise of the Separatist and Red Power movements in Canada, the program's depiction of the harmonious co-existence of anglophone, francophone, and Indigenous populations is hardly an accurate representation of the era. Its strength lies in both its truths and its untruths, however. While postmodernism has taught us to question dangerous fictions, unmasking injustice, it can also stifle change, since it offers no alternatives to reality. This essay examines the contradictions behind the program's creation and reception in an attempt to explain its lasting impact.
- Subjects
CANADA; ADVENTURES in Rainbow Country (TV program); NATION building; AUTONOMY &; independence movements; ENGLISH-speaking Canadians; FRENCH-Canadians; INDIGENOUS peoples; POSTMODERNISM (Philosophy)
- Publication
Journal of Canadian Studies, 2006, Vol 40, Issue 3, p100
- ISSN
0021-9495
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.3138/jcs.40.3.100