03549nam 22006615 450 991013612650332120230126214753.00-226-39171-X10.7208/9780226391717(CKB)3710000000914959(MiAaPQ)EBC4526383(StDuBDS)EDZ0001600803(DE-B1597)524368(OCoLC)962179541(DE-B1597)9780226391717(EXLCZ)99371000000091495920200424h20162016 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBeheading the Saint Nationalism, Religion, and Secularism in Quebec /Geneviève ZubrzyckiChicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]©20161 online resource (247 pages)Previously issued in print: 2016.0-226-39168-X 0-226-39154-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. From French Canada to Québec -- 2. The Iconic Making of French Canadianness -- 3. Iconoclastic Unmaking -- 4. Iconographic Remaking and the Politics of Identity -- 5. Nationalism, Secularism, and Cultural Heritage -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Historical Cues -- Appendix B: Parade Themes -- Appendix C: Methods and Sources -- References -- IndexThrough much of its existence, Québec's neighbors called it the "priest-ridden province." Today, however, Québec society is staunchly secular, with a modern welfare state built on lay provision of social services-a transformation rooted in the "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s. In Beheading the Saint, Geneviève Zubrzycki studies that transformation through a close investigation of the annual Feast of St. John the Baptist of June 24. The celebrations of that national holiday, she shows, provided a venue for a public contesting of the dominant ethno-Catholic conception of French Canadian identity and, via the violent rejection of Catholic symbols, the articulation of a new, secular Québécois identity. From there, Zubrzycki extends her analysis to the present, looking at the role of Québécois identity in recent debates over immigration, the place of religious symbols in the public sphere, and the politics of cultural heritage-issues that also offer insight on similar debates elsewhere in the world.NationalismQuébec (Province)SecularismPolitical aspectsQuébec (Province)Church and stateQuébec (Province)ParadesPolitical aspectsQuébec (Province)John the Baptist's DayQuébec (Province)Social changeQuébec (Province)Quebec.St.Jean-Baptiste Holiday.national identity.nationalism.religion.secularism.NationalismSecularismPolitical aspectsChurch and stateParadesPolitical aspectsJohn the Baptist's DaySocial change320.5409714Zubrzycki Geneviève, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut866559DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910136126503321Beheading the Saint1934336UNINA