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Souvenir of Canada (2002)

door Douglas Coupland

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Full of surprises and insights, Souvenir of Canada presents us as we have never seen ourselves before in an irresistible flow of text and image. Douglas Coupland offers new ways of seeing and experiencing Canada -- looking at how it feels to be a Canadian right now and speculating what it might feel like to be a Canadian in the future. From our collective memories, he locates objects like stubbie beer bottles and ookpiks, Kraft dinner and maple walnut ice cream. And with the same unique sensibility, he considers the FLQ crisis, our relationship with the United States, medicare and the landscape itself. In the section humbly titled "Cheese," he writes: "When you assemble them together, foods that feel intuitively Canadian look more like camping trip provisions than actual groceries...Canada is a cold and northern country...from a biological standpoint, it is imperative that Canadians stockpile concentrated forms of sugars, carbohydrates, fats and salt." The 50 personal categories of the 30,000-word text are arranged alphabetically and matched with 100 illustrations (50 in colour) -- new luscious photos taken by Coupland himself, images of Canadian ephemera and icons, historical photos and pictures from other quite startling sources.… (meer)
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I don't find myself relating to a lot of the things described here like ookpiks (never heard of them) or maple walnut ice cream though I do know what the FLQ is and remember learning a whole lot about our natural resources and picturesque environments from social studies textbooks at school. It stated multiple times throughout that we're being exploited by America, that the only reason they haven't invaded us—or any country for that matter—is that it would be too inconvenient to manage.

Two decades has passed since the publication of this book, if it were written today I would expect it to be talking about the fucking grocery prices and our economy heading down the drain in general. It did touch on the Canadian dollar being abolished in favour of the American dollar.

I liked the photos, most of them were collections of vaguely Canadian objects set in lukewarm lighting; they had a vintage, cozy vibe. ( )
1 stem KJC__ | Apr 3, 2023 |
I knew nothing about Canada.

I can't express anything less than that after finishing 'Souvenir of Canada' and its sequel. It goes a long way towards proving Coupland's point when I write how unusual and fascinating it was to read such a strong Canadian point of view.

Coupland approaches the popular myth of Canada as a nation of polite, clean passive-aggressives through many mini-essays on topics arranged mostly in alphabetical order and illustrated with clip art, classic paintings and modern art from Canadian artists, found objects and places (many photographed by Coupland himself) and with 11 still-lifes of his own design. The effect is stunning.

After I picked the book up I only reluctantly put it down to do those tedious tasks like eating or getting firewood so you don't freeze to death. I don't often read books like this so it was a pleasure in itself to turn the stiff glossy pages or angling the book and holding it closer to examine details. Coupland is one of those artists who can uplift you and sink you down as he mingles breathtaking landscapes with descriptions of lakes poisoned by lead buckshot, makes you smile at a box of Capitaine Crounche and Canada's beloved Ookpiks only to ruminate on Canada's mixed success as an exporter of power and raw materials and what that means for the future of the country.

Some of the pictures leave me at a loss at what to say: a pair of twin beds neatly made with flowered orange spreads, a pool of corn syrup spreading over a table hockey game, a still of a protest at the 3rd Summit of the Americas Conference which Coupland describes as "somehow ... sentimental and naïve" after 9/11.

Coupland ties together a great deal of disparate objects and events through his essays, not attempting to separate himself from such a personal subject as what defines his country. I found it to be a ideal blend of the serious and the comic, and though Coupland often expressed how difficult it was to assemble purely Canadian items, he gave me a much greater idea of what Canada is than I ever had before. ( )
  ManWithAnAgenda | Feb 18, 2019 |
This is a collection of mini-essays on such Canadian topics as Trans-Canada Highway, Vinegar, 222s, Doug, Ookpik, Reserves, and of course, Hockey. Among many others.

Highly recommended for anyone who wants to read insightful, intelligent and funny essays about Canada. ( )
  Nickelini | Jun 2, 2013 |
Douglas Coupland's casual survey of all things Canadian -- well, not all things, since there would later be a sequel. It's interesting to watch his curator's eye meet up with his late-blooming sense of nationalism. There isn't a whole lot of writing in the book, but it takes a long time to get through, because interspersed with his semi-alphabetical mini-essays on things like vinegar and hockey are these fascinating still-life photographs that he puts together of items, like stuffed animals and packaged foods and clothing, that strike him as inherently Canadian. Our neighbor to the north never felt as alien to me as it did when I read this book, and that's to Coupland's credit.
  Disquiet | Mar 30, 2013 |
Souvenir of Canada is a series of essays, organized alphabetically from Baffin Island to Zed, that attempt to capture a sense of what it means to be Canadian. I think three types of people will read this book.

First will be the Canadians. I suspect that there will be a moment of "of course" for them somewhere in this book. After I had finished it, I lent it to a friend from Quebec. He gave it back, smiling, "There were a couple there that were just right...and 'Flies' and 'Stubbies' made me laugh." I think the photographs hooked him a bit, also; he kept pointing out things to me.

Second will be the Americans who haven't been there. I think they'll enjoy the glimpse: a familiar-but-something's-slightly-off-kilter-here image that will leave them thinking our northern neighbors might be a little bit loony in some ways ("Cheeseheads") but are rather sensible in others ("Miss Canada").

Third are the Americans who have passed some time in Canada. I've spent several cumulative years of my life there over the last half century and, for me, the sense when reading the book was recognition, a sense of "Ah, that's it."

There's nothing mean-spirited about this book. Even when he's slyly poking the ribs of those who live below the 49th parallel, it's nothing more serious than, "Well, we aren't exactly like you, eh?" ( )
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Full of surprises and insights, Souvenir of Canada presents us as we have never seen ourselves before in an irresistible flow of text and image. Douglas Coupland offers new ways of seeing and experiencing Canada -- looking at how it feels to be a Canadian right now and speculating what it might feel like to be a Canadian in the future. From our collective memories, he locates objects like stubbie beer bottles and ookpiks, Kraft dinner and maple walnut ice cream. And with the same unique sensibility, he considers the FLQ crisis, our relationship with the United States, medicare and the landscape itself. In the section humbly titled "Cheese," he writes: "When you assemble them together, foods that feel intuitively Canadian look more like camping trip provisions than actual groceries...Canada is a cold and northern country...from a biological standpoint, it is imperative that Canadians stockpile concentrated forms of sugars, carbohydrates, fats and salt." The 50 personal categories of the 30,000-word text are arranged alphabetically and matched with 100 illustrations (50 in colour) -- new luscious photos taken by Coupland himself, images of Canadian ephemera and icons, historical photos and pictures from other quite startling sources.

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