{"product_id":"fur-nation","title":"Fur Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003eFur Nationtraces the interwoven relationships between sexuality, national identity, and colonialism. Chantal Nadeau shows how Canada, a white settler colony, bases its existence and its nationhood on a complex sexual economy based on women wrapped in furNadeau traces the centrality of fur through a series of intriguing case studies, including* Hollywood's take on the 330 year history of the Hudson Bay Company, founded to exploit Canada's rich fur resource* the life of a postwar fur fashion photographe* a 1950s musical called  Fur Lad* the battle between Brigitte Bardot's anti-fur activists and the fur industryNadeau highlights the connection between 'fur ladies' - women wearing, exploiting or promoting furs - and the beaver, symbol of Canada and nature's master builder. She shows how, in postcolonial Canada, the nation is sexualised around female reproduction and fur, which is both a crucial factor in economic development, and a powerful symbol through which the nation itself is conceived and commodified. Fur Nationdemonstrates that, for Canada, fur really is the fabric of a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44521540223214,"sku":"9780415158749","price":62.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415158749.jpg?v=1702054371","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/fur-nation","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}