1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781111703321

Autore

Gagnon Alain

Titolo

Federalism, citizenship, and Quebec : debating multinationalism / / Alain-G. Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4426-8971-4

1-4426-8809-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

971

Soggetti

Citizenship - Canada

Canada Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Exploring Multinationalism -- 2. Historical Foundations and Evolving Constitutional Orders: The Politics of Contestation in Quebec -- 3. The Federal Principle in Canada: Multifaceted Conceptions of Representation -- 4. Distinct 'National Models' of Integration: Establishing Contexts of Choice -- 5. Citizenship and Democracy: Negotiating Membership -- 6. Contemporary Challenges and the Future of Canada -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Canadians often imagine their country as a multicultural democracy, while a few go further to claim that the country's diversity can be characterized as multinational in its social and institutional make-up. In Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec, Alain-G. Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino reveal how this notion has been falsely presented to the populace. Through comprehensive historical, contemporary, and critical accounts, they argue that the country has been the object of an aggressive nationalizing project that contravenes the principles of a 'multinational federation.' Gagnon and Iacovino defend a conception of diverse citizenship for Canada that is truly suitable to a durable and just constitutional association and provide an alternative path for the country based on normative, socio-political, and practical



considerations associated with multinational democracy.Including a detailed account of the main challenges associated with Quebec's place in the federation, Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec stands apart from other English-language studies on multinational democracy, citizenship, and federalism, and, most notably, multinational democracy in Canada. Gagnon and Iacovino ground their work in both history and theory, offering a truly interdisciplinary approach that will appeal to scholars from fields as diverse as Canadian and Quebec politics, comparative politics, and political and legal theory. The book will contribute to awareness of the need for appreciating diversity in contemporary societies while being a useful addition to English Canadian students in these fields, who often lack exposure to many of the rich debates proceeding in Quebec.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960413603321

Autore

Rody Caroline <1960->

Titolo

The daughter's return : African-American and Caribbean women's fictions of history / / Caroline Rody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-772368-3

1-280-53104-5

0-19-535003-0

1-4294-0397-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

813.009/9287/08996073

Soggetti

African American women in literature

African American women - Intellectual life

American fiction - African American authors - History and criticism

American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism

Caribbean fiction (English) - Women authors - History and criticism

Daughters in literature

Literature and history - English-speaking countries

Mothers and daughters in literature

Return in literature

Women and literature - Caribbean Area

Women and literature - English-speaking countries

Women and literature - United States

Women in literature



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Daughter's Return; 1. Toni Morrison's Beloved: History, ""Rememory"", and a ""Clamor for a Kiss""; 2. Adventures of the Magic Black Daughter: History and ""Renaissance"" in Contemporary African-American Women's Fictions; 3. Further Adventures of the Magic Black Daughter; 4. Caribbean Women's Literature and the Mother of History; 5. Burning Down the House: Daughterly Revision in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea; 6. Decolonizing Jamaica's Daughter: Learning History in the Novels of Michelle Cliff; 7. Crossing Water: Maryse Condé's I, Tituba and the Horizontal Plot

NotesWorks Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This work offers an analysis of an emerging genre in African-American and Caribbean fiction: the novels of black women writers who have returned to their ancestral past. Novels such as Toni Morrison's ""Beloved"" and Jean Rhys' ""Wide Sargasso Sea"" are assessed.