Beheading the Saint : Nationalism, Religion, and Secularism in Quebec / / Geneviève Zubrzycki

• Autore: Zubrzycki Geneviève
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.5409714
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism - Québec (Province); Secularism - Political aspects - Québec (Province); Church and state - Québec (Province); Parades - Political aspects - Québec (Province); John the Baptist's Day - Québec (Province); Social change - Québec (Province)
• Soggetto non controllato: Quebec; St.Jean-Baptiste Holiday; national identity; nationalism; religion; secularism
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Through 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Beheading the Saint
• ISBN: 0-226-39171-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136126503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II