Expressive Acts: Celebrations and Demonstrations in the Streets of Victorian Toronto

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Ian Radforth

Expressive Acts

Celebrations and Demonstrations in the Streets of Victorian Toronto

Ian Radforth

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University of Toronto Press
09 June 2023

Media studies; TV & society; Urban communities; Gender studies, gender groups; Gender studies: transsexuals & hermaphroditism

In nineteenth-century Toronto, people took to the streets to express their jubilation on special occasions, such as the 1860 visit of the Prince of Wales and the return in 1885 of the local Volunteers who helped to suppress the Riel resistance in the North-West. In a contrasting mood, people also took to the streets in anger to object to government measures, such as the Rebellion Losses bill, to heckle rival candidates in provincial election campaigns, to assert their ethno-religious differences, and to support striking workers.

Expressive Acts examines instances of both celebration and protest when Torontonians publicly displayed their allegiances, politics, and values. The book illustrates not just the Victorian city's vibrant public life but also the intense social tensions and cultural differences within the city. Drawing from journalists' accounts in newspapers, Expressive Acts illuminates what drove Torontonians to claim public space, where their passions lay, and how they gave expression to them.

By: Ian Radforth
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781487545741
ISBN 10: 1487545746
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 09 June 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Tory Rebels and a Viceregal Visit 2. The Press and Election Culture 3. A Prince in Town 4. Religious Processions and Disorder 5. Colonialism Triumphant: Celebrating the Suppression of the North-West Resistance of 1885 6. Boys, Young Men, and Disorder 7. Strikers and their Supporters Conclusion Notes Index

Ian Radforth is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for Expressive Acts: Celebrations and Demonstrations in the Streets of Victorian Toronto

"""With its multi-faceted explorations of a wide range of public political, religious, and social celebrations and demonstrations in Victorian Toronto, Expressive Acts shows how vibrant the city's street culture was in this period. This well-researched and cogently argued study calls our attention to the ways that gender, religion, class, and race were integral to Toronto's public culture."" --Cecilia Morgan, Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto "" Expressive Acts is a major accomplishment of research and writing. With a storyteller's eye for the good detail, Radforth digs deep into the rowdy public sphere of nineteenth-century Toronto."" --Steve Penfold, Professor of History, University of Toronto "" Expressive Acts is a masterclass in historiography. While it explains why things happened, the storytelling also invites readers to witness for themselves the ways in which mid-Victorian masculinities in Toronto competed and performed in the streets, in Parliament, and in the press for power."" --John C. Walsh, Co-Director, Carleton Centre for Public History and Associate Professor of History, Carleton University"