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Informationen zum Autor J. Keri Cronin is an assistant professor in the Visual Arts Department at Brock University. She is also a faculty affiliate in Brock's Social Justice and Equity Studies graduate program and the editor of The Brock Review. Klappentext National parks occupy a prominent place in the Canadian imagination, yet we are only beginning to understand how their visual representation has shaped and continues to inform our perceptions of ecological issues and the natural world. J. Keri Cronin draws on historical and modern postcards, advertisements, and other images of Jasper National Park to trace how various groups and the tourism industry have used photography to divorce the park from real environmental threats and instead to package it as a series of breathtaking vistas and adorable-looking animals. Manufacturing National Park Nature demonstrates that popular forms of picturing nature can have ecological implications that extend far beyond the frame of the image. Zusammenfassung Focusing on Jasper National Park! this richly illustrated book shows how photography has shaped and continues to inform perceptions of nature and ecological issues in Canada. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: "that fatal breath of 'improvement'" / Graeme Wynn1 Grounding National Park Nature2 "Jasper Wonderful by Nature": The Wilderness Industry of Jasper National Park3 An Invitation to Leisure: Picturing Canada's Wilderness Playground4 "The Bears Are Plentiful and Frequently Good Camera Subjects": Photographing Wildlife in Jasper National Park5 Fake NatureConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
