Informative, thought-provoking, and at times hilarious, this book examines how the American media have portrayed Canada, from Confederation to the Obama inauguration.

Collection of scholarly essays on the wildly popular Comedy Central show.

A primer on the North American country that inspires envy from its neighbors—where beer, beavers, Mounties and moose make for an intoxicating brew. So, you want to be Canadian? Who doesn’t these days? Canucks are enjoying a major renaissance in attention, from their enlightened social policies to their wild and wooly pop culture. This playful, trivia-packed book is a long-overdue celebration of all things Canadian, from the mysteries of “eh?” to the difference between an Ogo Pogo and a Windingo to how to prepare moose stroganoff (mmm!). Featuring a dreamy list of Canadian hotties, a toe-tapping roundup of Canadian smash hit songs, a handy Canadian-American translator, and pointers on how to eat, dress, and apologize like a Canadian if you weren’t lucky enough to be born a Canuck, So, You Want to Be Canadian demonstrates once and for all why Canada is so cool (formerly just cold).

Describes one young suburban couple's adventure-filled trek along the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada, detailing the personal and physical challenges they faced, their unique encounters with wildlife and fellow hikers, the stunning scenery they discovered, and their ultimate success. Winner of the 2003 Barbara Savage Miles from Nowhere Award. Simultaneous.

This volume addresses the governance and evolution of Canada's international policies, and the challenges facing Canada's international policy relations on multiple fronts.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Encountering Asian Canada -- 1 Asian Canadian Studies Now: Directions and Challenges -- 2 Nationals, Citizens, and Others -- 3 The Racial Subtext in Canada's Immigration Discourse -- 4 The Muslims Are Coming: The "Sharia Debate" in Canada -- 5 Looking for My Penis: The Eroticized Asian in Gay Video Porn -- Part Two: Ethnic Encounters -- 6 Cartographies of Violence: Creating Carceral Spaces and Expelling Japanese Canadians from the Nation -- 7 Redress Express: Chinese Restaurants and the Head Tax Issue in Canadian Art -- 8 Between Homes: Displacement and Belonging for Second-Generation Filipino-Canadian Youths -- Part Three: Intersectional Encounters -- 9 The Paradox of Diversity: The Construction of a Multicultural Canada and "Women of Color" -- 10 "A Woman Out of Control": Deconstructing Sexism and Racism in the University -- 11 Orientalizing "War Talk": Representations of the Gendered Muslim Body Post 9-11 in The Montreal Gazette -- Part Four: Comparative Encounters -- 12 Decolonizasian: Reading Asian and First Nations Relations in Literature -- 13 Marginalized and Dissident Non-Citizens: Foreign Domestic Workers -- 14 Residential Segregation of Visible Minority Groups in Toronto -- Part Five: Transnational Encounters -- 15 Sweet and Sour: Historical Presence and Diasporic Agency -- 16 Altered States: Global Currents, the Spectral Nation, and the Production of "Asian Canadian" -- 17 Whose Transnationalism? Canada, "Clash of Civilizations" Discourse and Arab and Muslim Canadians -- Part Six: After Encounters -- 18 Global Migrants and the New Pacific Canada -- 19 Asian Canada: Undone -- 20 "Too Asian?": On Racism, Paradox, and Ethno-nationalism -- Contributors

"This is a significant book... for a multitude of audiences, including scholars, practitioners, students, expatriates, travelers, and those who are simply interested in culture... This book is also an ideal reference tool, since the metaphors are easy to remember yet rich in contextual value and are presented in a logical structure for quick consultation. Overall, this book is enormously appealing, genuinely useful, and a worthy addition to any collection." -Thunderbird International Business Review (2002) In Understanding Global Cultures, Fourth Edition, authors Martin J. Gannon and Rajnandini Pillai present the cultural metaphor as a method for understanding the cultural mindsets of individual nations, clusters of nations, and even continents. The fully updated Fourth Edition continues to emphasize that metaphors are guidelines to help outsiders quickly understand what members of a culture consider important. This new edition includes a new part structure, three completely new chapters, and major revisions to chapters on American football, Russian ballet, and the Israeli kibbutz. New and Continuing Features: Emphasizes clusters of national cultures and variations within each cluster, as well as both topic-oriented (authority-ranking cultures, market-pricing cultures, etc.) and cluster-focused descriptions Includes three new parts: India, Shiva, and Diversity; Scandinavian Egalitarian Cultures (Sweden, Denmark, and Finland); and Other Egalitarian Cultures (including Canada and Germany) Provides three completely new chapters: Finnish Sauna, Kaleidoscopic India and Diversity, and a final integrative summary chapter Integrates chapters through the frameworks of the GLOBE study, the Hofstede study, Hall, and Kluckholn and Strodbeck Highlights religious and ethnic diversity throughout Ancillaries Instructor Resources are available on a password-protected website at www.sagepub.com/gannon4instr. These include applications, discussion questions, model examinations,100 exercises, and suggested syllabi. Qualified instructors may contact Customer Care to receive access to the site. Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 29 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity is appropriate for courses in International Business and Management, Strategic Management and Planning, and Cultural Studies.