Northern Love: An Exploration of Canadian Masculinity (Au Press)

In Northern Love, Paul Nonnekes pursues debates in psychoanalysis and cultural theory in pursuit of a distinctive conception of a Canadian masculinity. In close discussions of novels by Rudy Wiebe ( A Discovery of Strangers ) and Robert Kroetsch ( The Man from the Creeks ), Nonnekes ranges from Hegel to Lacan, and Butler and Kristeva to ?i?ek, eliciting an evolving conception of love characteristic of the Canadian cultural imaginary. Front Matter......Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION......Page 8 Section 1: A STRANGE LOVE......Page 23 1 NAMING AND SEEING......Page 26 2 MASTER AND SLAVE......Page 34 3 THE IMAGINARY......Page 46 4 STRANGE GENDER......Page 56 5 LOVE AND TRAUMA......Page 66 Section 2: INTERSUBJECTIVE LOVE......Page 90 1 RECOGNITION......Page 92 2 INTERSUBJECTIVITY......Page 100 3 THE CONTRACT......Page 114 CONCLUSION......Page 134 REFERENCES......Page 138 INDEX......Page 142 "The author pursues debates in psychoanalysis and cultural theory in pursuit of a distinctive conception of a Canadian masculinity. In close discussions of novels by Rudy Wiebe (A Discovery of Strangers) and Robert Kroetsch (The Man from the Creeks), Nonnekes ranges from Hegel to Lacan, and Butler and Kristeva to Zizek, eliciting an evolving conception of love characteristic of the Canadian cultural imaginary."--Publisher In Northern Love, Paul Nonnekes proposes a conception of love suggestive of a distinctive model of Canadian masclinity. He pursues debates in psychoanalysis and cultural theory in relation to two representative male characters in novels by Rudy Wiebe (A Discovery of Strangers) and Robert Kroetsch (The Man from the Creek).