| ID | 111488 |
| Title Proper | Forging the nation as an imagined community |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shahzad, Farhat |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the ways in which young Canadians represent the 'the War on Terror' in their narratives. I explore how a hegemonic nationalist narrative enters into this representation in different ways and positions itself in a dynamic tension with the USA, at times eliding the difference and at times affirming it. I illustrate that these students do not simply tell the narrative of the war, but use the deixis of 'we/us/our' or 'them/they/their' in a way that constructs multiple imagined communities. I argue that these presumably benign representations of Canadian involvement in the war produce banal nationalism that excludes 'others', and binds human imagination into a framework that works against critical thinking. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 18, No.1; Jan 2012: p.21-38 |
| Journal Source | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 18, No.1; Jan 2012: p.21-38 |
| Key Words | Canada ; Deixis ; Imagined Community ; Narratives ; Nationalism ; War on Terror |