The Totemic Art of Small-Town Canada.
The monumental statues of the Canadian small town are a well-recognized folk art form. Communally sponsored and constructed, town monuments announce the presence of a local social system and are the symbolic expression of some key aspect of a settlement's social life. Stylistically diverse and varie...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Canadian Studies Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 5 - 28 |
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University of Toronto Press
Winter2012
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