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Author:
Jessup, Heather author.
Title:
This is not a hoax : unsettling truth in Canadian culture / Heather Jessup.
Publisher:
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
ix, 215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subject:
Truthfulness and falsehood in art.
Hoaxes--Canada.
Deception--Canada.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Tricksters.
Mensonge dans l'art.
Canulars--Canada.
Tromperie--Canada.
Faux et supercheries littéraires.
Deception.
Hoaxes.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Tricksters.
Truthfulness and falsehood in art.
Canada.
Unwahrheit
Trickster
Täuschung
Hoax
Kunst
Kanada
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"It's about hoaxes in Canadian culture. It shows how some contemporary artists and writers disrupt the curatorial and authorial practices of Canada's most respected cultural institutions (art galleries, museums, publishers) in order to foment and celebrate discomfort, imagination, empathy, and change."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1771123648
9781771123648
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1027186952
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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