| ID | 078563 |
| Title Proper | Neither 'America' nor 'Québec' |
| Other Title Information | constructing the Canadian multicultural nation |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Winter, Elke |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Although researchers have deconstructed the myth of stark social differences between the various North American sub-societies, an assimilating American melting pot and an ethnically oppressive monocultural Québec are still popular representations within Canadian majority discourses, such as the English-language mainstream media and parts of academia. In this paper, I argue that images of 'America' and 'Québec' play important roles for the multicultural reconstruction of Canadian nationhood. Examining selected op-ed articles from two Toronto-based mainstream newspapers during the 1990s, I develop and exemplify a theoretical understanding of how national identities are constituted and transformed within inter- and intra-national relations of power and alterity. I pay special attention to the particularisation of Canada through the confrontation with American nationhood, the ambiguities of recognising the distinctiveness of Québec inside Canada, and the consequences of projecting Québec's supposedly 'ethnic' nationalism outside the boundaries of Canadianness |
| `In' analytical Note | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 13, No.3; Jul 2007: p481-503 |
| Journal Source | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 13, No.3; Jul 2007: p481-503 |
| Key Words | Boundires ; Canada ; Discourse Analysis ; Identity ; Majority ; Minority ; media ; Nationalism ; United States |