| Description |
1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Series |
Langues Officielles et Sociétés Ser |
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Langues Officielles et Sociétés Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- by Professor Afua Cooper -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Context -- Theoretical Framework -- Critical Race Theory -- Critical Multiculturalism -- Methodological Considerations -- Contents of the Book -- Chapter 2 -- Sociohistorical Background and Contemporary Context -- Francophones in Alberta -- Blacks in Alberta -- From the 1960s to the present -- Chapter 3 -- The Construction and Negotiation of Canadian Identity -- The Politics of Racial Hatred : Persisting White Supremacy in Contemporary Canada -- Countering Contemporary White Supremacy |
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Chapter 4 -- The Construction and Negotiation of Francophone Identity -- The Caravane contre le racisme et la discrimination (the Caravan) -- Chapter 5 -- The Construction and Negotiation of Black-African Identity -- Celebrating Black History Month in French -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendices |
| Summary |
This book uncovers intricate convergences and divergences among Blackness, Canadian-ness and La Francophonie, positing anti-Black racism, linguistic discrimination, slavery, and colonialism and neo-colonialism as sites of identity exclusion. However, Black agency reconstructs and renegotiates identity meanings and praxis to strengthen belongingness and pave the way for inclusion in the future |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9782763755786 |
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276375578X |
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