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

List of Illustrations vii

Acknowledgements ix

1 Introduction: "Now Our Masters Have No Borders" 1

Section 1 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 2 "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 Rebuffing the Gaze 137

Conclusion to Section Two 167

Section 3 The Age of Sale: History, Globalization, and Commodification 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

Conclusion: Speculative Fiction for the Rest of the Country? 237

Notes 249

Works Cited 255

Photo Credits 269

Index 271