Anne of Tim Hortons: Globalization and the Reshaping of Atlantic-Canadian Literature

Contents

v Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgements ix 1 Introduction: “Now Our Masters Have No Borders” 1 Section One | I’se the B’y That Leaves the Boats: The Changing World of Work 29 2 Sucking the Mother Dry: The Fisheries 33 3 “Acceptable Levels of Risk”: Mining and Offshore Oil 55 4 Uncivil Servitude: The Service Sector 87 Conclusion to Section One 99 Section Two | “About as Far from Disneyland as You Can Possibly Get”: The Reshaping of Culture 101 5 “The Simpler and More Colourful Way of Life” 105 6 Rebufing the Gaze 137 Conclusion to Section Two 167 Section Three | The Age of Sale: History, Globalization, and Commodiication 169 7 “A ‘Sea-Change’ of Sorts”: Newfoundland and Labrador 173 8 “A Place That Didn’t Count Any More”: The Maritimes 217 Conclusion to Section Three 233 vi Conclusion: Speculative Fiction for the Rest of the Country? 237 Notes 249 Works Cited 255 Photo Credits 269 Index 271 ...