Moments of Crisis
Author | : Ian A. Morrison |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2019-09-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780774861793 |
ISBN-13 | : 0774861797 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Download or read book Moments of Crisis written by Ian A. Morrison and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past two decades, Québec has been racked by a series of controversies in which the religiosity of migrants and minorities has been represented as a threat to the province’s once staunchly Catholic, and now resolutely secular, identity. In Moments of Crises, Ian Morrison locates these debates within a longer history of crises within – and transformations of – Québécois identity, from the Conquest of New France in 1760 to contemporary times. He argues that rather than seeking to overcome these crises by reconsolidating national identity, Québec should look on them as opportunities to forge alternative conceptions of community, identity, and belonging.