Douglas Freake
Biographic Data
| ID | 2237585 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas Freake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas |
| FAMILY NAME | Freake |
| SIGNATURE | FREAKE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Folklore and Literature: Canadian Contexts
This article argues that the relation between folklore and literature in Canadian culture has significant characteristics that are closely related to the country’s formulations of its cultural identities. While Quebec writers have glorified their pre-Conquest past (or attacked sentimental folklorism), Ontario and other anglophone writers have tended to deny English folk culture while drawing on First Nations, Celtic and, more recently, “multicult…
The Semiotics of Wristwatches
This article examines wristwatches as meaningbearing objects, essential to modern industrial societies. It discusses the everyday uses of wristwatches, including occasions on which they are given as gifts, gestures in which they are involved, and their role as cybernetic devices for modern workforces. It then looks at three advertisements which indicate how wristwatches are linked to the larger ideological assumptions of North American society. T…
The Semiotics of Wristwatches
This article examines wristwatches as meaningbearing objects, essential to modern industrial societies. It discusses the everyday uses of wristwatches, including occasions on which they are given as gifts, gestures in which they are involved, and their role as cybernetic devices for modern workforces. It then looks at three advertisements which indicate how wristwatches are linked to the larger ideological assumptions of North American society. T…
The Semiotics of Wristwatches
This article examines wristwatches as meaningbearing objects, essential to modern industrial societies. It discusses the everyday uses of wristwatches, including occasions on which they are given as gifts, gestures in which they are involved, and their role as cybernetic devices for modern workforces. It then looks at three advertisements which indicate how wristwatches are linked to the larger ideological assumptions of North American society. T…
Folklore and Literature: Canadian Contexts
This article argues that the relation between folklore and literature in Canadian culture has significant characteristics that are closely related to the country’s formulations of its cultural identities. While Quebec writers have glorified their pre-Conquest past (or attacked sentimental folklorism), Ontario and other anglophone writers have tended to deny English folk culture while drawing on First Nations, Celtic and, more recently, “multicult…
Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Binary opposition (1 works) · Canadian Identity and History (1 works) · Celtic languages (1 works)