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Showing papers in "British Journal of Canadian Studies in 2011"



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TL;DR: The War of 1812 has the unfortunate fate of being wedged between two of the most greatly studied events of modern world history, the American Revolution and Civil War as discussed by the authors, and one can hope that Alan Taylor's remarkably researched and cogently argued book will ignite scholarly and even public interest in this conflict.
Abstract: The War of 1812 has the unfortunate fate of being wedged between two of the most greatly studied events of modern world history, the American Revolution and Civil War. Indeed, the looming bicentennial of the 1812 conflict promises to be overshadowed by year two of the Civil War sesquicentennial. Yet one can hope that Alan Taylor’s remarkably researched and cogently argued book will ignite scholarly and even public interest in this conflict. Taylor’s superb study promises to reshape not only our understanding of the second and last Anglo-American conflict, but also the broader story concerning the new political structures that emerged from the British imperial crisis of the late 18th century.

23 citations







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TL;DR: The authors used the heartland-hinterland concept to refer to the relationship between Quebec, considered as the heart or core of the country's francophonie, and its margins or backwoods, located in the'rest of Canada'.
Abstract: Since Quebec's Quiet Revolution, questions regarding Canada's francophonie are generally limited to Quebec, while forgetting the francophone communities located in what is known as 'English Canada'. This means that an entire component of Canada's cultural landscape tends to be ignored. This article aims to rectify that situation through the use of the heartland–hinterland concept to refer to the relationship between Quebec, considered as the heart or core of the country's francophonie, and its margins or backwoods, located in the 'rest of Canada'. A brief account of the evolution of the relationship between Quebec and Canada's other French communities will be followed by a reading of the ways two contemporary Canadian novels, Vandal Love, written in English and published in 2006, and Nikolski, written in French and published in 2007, re-imagine not only francophone Canada but also the Franco-Americas.

5 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, a deeper understanding of the complicated connections among war, propaganda, literature, and Canadian society is explored by recovering, contextualizing and analysing fictional works about war published between 1915 and 1921.
Abstract: War fiction enjoys a long critical and historical legacy in Canada, although little attention has been paid to the many novels and stories published during and immediately after the First World War. The line between literature and propaganda in many works of this period is sometimes pronounced, sometimes difficult to distinguish. Popular novelists such as Gilbert Parker and Ralph Connor used their writings and widespread influence overtly to support the Allied propaganda effort. Others, such as Stephen Leacock, L.M. Montgomery and Harry M. Wodson, reflected the rhetoric of imperialism, total victory and Germanophobia that effective propaganda had made an intrinsic part of wartime discourse in Canada. By recovering, contextualising and analysing fictional works about war published between 1915 and 1921, this article seeks a deeper understanding of the complicated connections among war, propaganda, literature and Canadian society.

5 citations


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TL;DR: Faye Hammill reviews RHona Richman Kenneally and Johanne Sloan as discussed by the authors, "Expo 67: Not Just a Souvenir" (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010), 280 pp Cased ISBN 978-0-8020-9708-8 PaperISBN 978.
Abstract: Faye Hammill reviews Rhona Richman Kenneally and Johanne Sloan (eds), Expo 67: Not Just a Souvenir (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010), 280 pp Cased ISBN 978-0-8020-9708-8 PaperISBN 978-0-8020-9649-4

5 citations






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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the genesis of the built heritage landscape in Quebec, namely monuments and built ensembles deemed to incarnate the identity and collective memory of Quebec, or more specifically French Canada.
Abstract: Cet article explore la genese du paysage construit 'patrimonial' quebecois, c'est-a-dire des monuments et des ensembles bâtis credites de porter l'identite et la memoire du Quebec, plus precisement du Canada francais. On y observe en effet, par quelques fenetres ouvertes sur le XXe siecle, l'investissement d'une signification francaise dans quelques hauts lieux quebecois engendres a des fins aussi touristiques que patrimoniales, ce qui explique, comme on le decouvrira simultanement, le caractere centripete de ce processus d'invention identitaire, enclenche dans les territoires de villegiature et decalque depuis l'arriere-pays vers les villes.This article explores the genesis of the built heritage landscape in Quebec, namely monuments and built ensembles deemed to incarnate the identity and collective memory of Quebec – or more specifically French Canada. Using examples from the twentieth century, we look at how several famous Quebec sites, developed for both tourism and heritage purposes, were endowed wit...




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TL;DR: This paper examined the relationship between text and image in Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter's The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1997) and argued that the function of the illustrational contribution to The Journals exceeds the illustrative and represents a vital component of the text.
Abstract: This article examines the relationship between text and image in Margaret Atwood and Charles Pachter's The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1997). Critical considerations of The Journals have, to a large extent, been restricted to the textual component of the anthology. This study, however, advances a more inclusive critical mode, one that views the anthology not simply as a selection of poems with accompanying illustrations, but rather as a livre d'artiste – a distinctive genre demanding a distinctive critical approach that pays particular heed to the interaction between text and image. Initially exploring the causes of such text-centred interpretations, this study analyses closely the complex, multi-faceted relationship between artwork and text in several selected poems. In doing so, it argues that the function of Pachter's contribution to The Journals exceeds the illustrational and represents a vital component of the text.




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TL;DR: Benoit Pelletier as mentioned in this paper pointed out that since its creation in 1867, Canada has provided a part of the answer to one of the major challenges confronting us today, which is the challenge of managing interdependence and enhancing diversity.
Abstract: This text contains Professor Benoit Pelletier's speech presented as a plenary at the British Association for Canadian Studies 35th Annual Conference, Democracy as a Work in Progress: The Intellectual and Cultural Dynamics of the Canadian Idea, University of Cambridge, 6–8 April 2010. Further updating of the text occurred prior to going to print (December 2010). Benoit Pelletier reminds us that, since its creation in 1867, Canada has provided a part of the answer to one of the major challenges confronting us today, which is the challenge of managing interdependence and enhancing diversity. The author also examines some of the components of Canada's identity. Among these are federalism, constitutional monarchy, parliamentarianism, constitutionalism and the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, the constitutional and quasi-constitutional protection of human rights and freedoms, a cumbersome constitutional amendment procedure and democracy.

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TL;DR: In the last decade of his life, Mordecai Richler found some of his favourite satirical targets fused in the province of Quebec's aspiration for nationhood, especially as that ambition was expressed in 1977's Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language, and its many refinements.
Abstract: In the last decade of his life, Mordecai Richler found some of his favourite satirical targets – cultural nationalism, special pleading, injustice and anti-Semitism – fused in the province of Quebec's aspiration for nationhood, especially as that ambition was expressed in 1977's Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language, and its many refinements. This law drastically restricted the use of English in Quebec, violating in outrageous fashion, in Richler's view, the democratic right to free expression of Quebec's non-Francophone minorities. Richler first gained notoriety among the Quebecois when he published his criticisms in an article for the New Yorker (1991), which became the book Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! Requiem for a Divided Country (1992). The present article first contextualises Richler's satire in the history of Canadian satire, then briefly in Richler's relation to Montreal, and finally in Quebec history with particular reference to language. It proceeds to offer an explication and analysis of Richl...

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TL;DR: The authors argue that, at a time when many economists are anticipating slower growth rates in the future, such a possibility need not be disastrous Indeed, it could result in genuine gains in terms of sustainability and a more just and stable society Overall, they outline proposals for a different long-run economic trajectory and conclude with brief comments on the suggestion that Britain can validly overcome current deficits by copying the actions of the Liberal Government of Canada during the 1990s.
Abstract: The 'sub-prime' meltdown has accelerated critiques of the economic modelling that underpinned the activities of banking and allied industries Coincidentally, there has been resurgence in interest in more socialised interpretations of economic life In this article we seek to show how it may still be possible to marry formal economic modelling with these more socialised concerns We argue that, at a time when many economists are anticipating slower growth rates in the future, such a possibility need not be disastrous Indeed, it could result in genuine gains in terms of sustainability and a more just and stable society Overall, then, we outline proposals for a different long-run economic trajectory and conclude with brief comments on the suggestion that Britain can validly overcome current deficits by copying the actions of the Liberal Government of Canada during the 1990s


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TL;DR: The authors studied how Nicole Brossard's novel Hier (2001) mobilises particular cultural associations with Quebec City to constitute this as a space of feminine and lesbian desire, and played on the connotations of the term 'heartland' to think about how various mappings of affect or emotion contribute to our experiencing of space and place.
Abstract: In recent years, Quebec's 'regions' have registered their presence more fully in the public consciousness, in response to issues such as economic variation across the province and growing ethnic diversity outside of Montreal This article is part of a larger project on a consideration of literary representations of the province's secondary cities, towns and villages, which seeks to problematise the relegation of these as secondary to an urban, specifically Montreal-based canon It looks at how Nicole Brossard's novel, Hier (2001) mobilises particular cultural associations with Quebec City to constitute this as a space of feminine and lesbian desire In so doing, it plays on the connotations of the term 'heartland' to think about how various mappings of affect or emotion contribute to our experiencing of space and place



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TL;DR: Le roman Dee (2002) de Michael Delisle reprend L'Amelanchier (1978) de Jacques Ferron en rejouant la transmission d'un heritage par le biais d'une banlieue en constitution as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Le roman Dee (2002) de Michael Delisle reprend L'Amelanchier (1978) de Jacques Ferron en rejouant la transmission d'un heritage par le biais d'une banlieue en constitution. Si Ferron degage un legs positif, Delisle decrit, quant a lui, un univers violent, mortifere, campe dans la solitude et le desarroi. Or, le travail memoriel accomplie par Dee grâce au recit ferronien fait en sorte d'instaurer de nouvelles strategies identitaires pour l'espace de transition qu'est la banlieue, notamment l'idee d'un recyclage necessaire. Il en resulte que l'oeuvre de Delisle, sans naivete, du sein meme de sa brutalite, etablit une duree memorielle propre a la banlieue, ce qui est une maniere nouvelle et prometteuse d'interroger les filiations contemporaines du Quebec.