John A. MacDonald and the Bottle

Martin, Ged

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“…unusual problems in assessing evidence: some episodes were glossed over in the press, while others were perhaps magnified in the telling. 47 Martin argues that "to recognize the severity of Macdonald's drink problem is to underline his ascendancy in Canadian politics." 48 In other words, Macdonald's political success is even more impressive considering the fact that he irrefutably struggled with alcohol: getting drunk at the worst possible moments, not being able to stop drinking when he was needed, and experiencing the deleterious effects of alcohol, such as vomiting in public.…”

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“…47 Martin argues that "to recognize the severity of Macdonald's drink problem is to underline his ascendancy in Canadian politics." 48 In other words, Macdonald's political success is even more impressive considering the fact that he irrefutably struggled with alcohol: getting drunk at the worst possible moments, not being able to stop drinking when he was needed, and experiencing the deleterious effects of alcohol, such as vomiting in public. As noted above, drunkenness can be framed as problematic (and potentially humorous), but it is not as stigmatized as alcoholism proper.…”

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“…51 Martin observes that Macdonald's colleagues "would hardly have joked about" Macdonald's drinking "had Macdonald's behaviour aroused unease." 52 To make this argument is to ignore a fundamental truth about humour: that people frequently use it to deal with situations that cause them unease. 53 In examining visual and textual representations of Macdonald's drinking we must be attentive to the fact that during this period, drunkenness, though frequent, was pathologized.…”

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“…He acknowledges that Macdonald "had a serious but intermittent drink problem," but claims that it "is unhelpful to relate this to the medical concept of 'alcoholism.'" 14 It is worth asking what is at stake when scholars are intent on distancing their subjects from alcoholism. "Problem drinker" appears to be an acceptable term, while "alcoholic" is largely avoided.…”

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The Politics of Drunkenness: John Henry Walker, John A. Macdonald, and Graphic Satire

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John A. Macdonald, le premier premier ministre du Canada, fut le sujet de plusieurs portraits officiels peints ou photographiés. Dans cet article, nous examinons les représentations satiriques de Macdonald qui le représentent buvant ou ivre. Notre objet principal d’analyse est la gravure sur bois peu connue de l’artiste montréalais John Henry Walker intitulée The Pipe versus the Bottle, qui est apparue dans le journal comique Grinchuckle en 1869. Cette estampe montre Macdonald en train de boire en compagnie du rédacteur et défenseur du mouvement de tempérance John Dougall, ce dernier tenant ce qui semble être une boisson non alcoolique. Nous plaçons Walker dans une longue lignée d’auteurs de satires graphiques, dont James Gillray, qui ont raillé politiciens et monarques au travers d’un discours portant sur l’ivrognerie et, plus généralement, sur l’excès de consommation. À partir d’une étude d’archives au Musée McCord de Montréal, notre analyse montre que Walker fut inspiré par l’artiste satirique anglais George Cruikshank, qui a produit de nombreuses gravures représentant l’ivrognerie. Nous développons le concept du « grim chuckle » (petit rire sombre) afin d’explorer les relations complexes entre satire, rire et consommation d’alcool.

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"I'm a Mountain Biking Vampire Witch From the Future!": Queer Decolonial Killjoys in Queer Studies and Politics

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This thesis asks how queer scholarship and politics will maintain a radically queer critical edge, specifically an unsettling, decolonial approach that does not take for granted the continuance of queer liberal and settler colonial structures. A longstanding debate in queer studies and politics is the tension between queer assimilation vs queer radicalism. However, even the radical unsettling approaches that discuss radical queer futurity (Muñoz, and Edelman) often do not centre the important context of settler colonialism, even while critiquing normativity and imagining better futures. So how do we locate examples of imaginings of queer decolonial futures: ones that account for settler colonialism? To find out, I chose to examine selected performances in specific popular "silly archives of unhappy feelings," and found complex examples of uncanny, at times monstrous, performances by artists (Trixie Mattel, Katya Zamoldchikova and Miss Chief Eagle Testickle). These artists, I argue, exemplify and embody the characteristics of what I call "Queer Decolonial Killjoys" (QDKs). Building on Ahmed's concepts of "Feminist Killjoys," and "Unhappy Queers," I demonstrate that the artists I discuss not only unsettle gendered, sexualized, and racialized norms (à la Ahmed), but that they also act as Decolonial Killjoys because they use complex performative strategies to also critique settler colonialism and queer liberalism. Their performances, I suggest, also gesture to important possibilities of queer and decolonial futures. Finally, I argue that the performances of QDKs can remind queer studies scholars to become more comfortable with being uncomfortable/unsettled, and may help us to learn how to begin imagining radical queer decolonial futures. Hoelke, 2 Acknowledgements First, thank you so much to my committee whose support and mentorship made finishing this degree possible. I feel that I have grown so much under the supervision of Dr. Eva Mackey. Her friendship, mentorship, and brilliant insights and ideas were instrumental to me finishing. Dr. Patrizia Gentile's support, and immense knowledge of queer theory also made this possible. I am also incredibly thankful for having the opportunity to work with Dr. Kahente Horn Miller, whose scholarship and community-work has inspired me in so many ways. Heartfelt thanks to the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton, which has been my home for nearly a decade! I am so grateful to have been able to grow in such an academically rigorous and supportive environment. I'm incredibly grateful to my family. My parents Shayne and Jolanta, and my grandparents never wavered in their support and encouragement of me. Dad-thank you in particular for encouraging my pursuit of higher education. Olivia, you don't know how much I appreciated your humour and phone calls! Last, but certainly not least: Jeff-I couldn't have done this without you. Thank you for your love, patience, and support throughout this project (and for putting up with me bringing home so many stray kittens).

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John A. MacDonald and the Bottle

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

The Politics of Drunkenness: John Henry Walker, John A. Macdonald, and Graphic Satire

The Politics of Drunkenness: John Henry Walker, John A. Macdonald, and Graphic Satire

RSVP Bibliography: 2005–2007

"I'm a Mountain Biking Vampire Witch From the Future!": Queer Decolonial Killjoys in Queer Studies and Politics

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