Taking as their examples the popular CBC contests, Tim Hortons advertising campaigns, NHL hockey violence, television comedy, and the business of gambling, this lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal in various ways through the popular media to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian.
Patricia Cormack is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at St Francis Xavier University.
James F. Cosgrave is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Trent University.