Language, Citizenship and Identity in Quebec (Language and Globalization)

✍ Scribed by Leigh Oakes, Jane Warren

• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 275
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Awarded the 2008 Pierre Savard prize by the International Council for Canadian Studies! 'The Pierre Savard Awards are designed to recognize and promote each year outstanding scholarly monographs on a Canadian topic. The awards form part of a strategy that is aimed at promoting, especially throughout the Canadian academic community, works that have been written by members of the Canadian Studies international network. The awards are intended to designate exceptional books, which, being based on a Canadian topic, contribute to a better understanding of Canada.' Globalization is calling for new conceptualizations of belonging within culturally diverse communities. This book takes Quebec as a case study and examines how it fosters a sense of belonging through a common citizenship with French as the key element. As a nation without a state, Quebec is driven by two distinct imperatives: the need to affirm a robust Francophone identity within Anglophone North America, and the civic obligation to accommodate an increasingly diverse range of migrant groups, as well as demands for recognition by Aboriginal and Anglophone minorities.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figures......Page 10
Foreword......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 14
1 Introduction......Page 16
1.1 Aims, methodology and structure of the book......Page 17
1.2 Social identity......Page 21
1.3 Ethnic identity, ethnicity and the ethnic group......Page 25
1.4 National identity, nationalism and the nation......Page 28
1.5 Globalisation......Page 30
1.6 Citizenship......Page 33
Part I New Challenges......Page 38
2 From French Canadian to Quebecer......Page 40
2.1 From an ethnic past to a civic future......Page 41
2.2 Citizenship in Quebec or Quebec citizenship?......Page 47
2.3 Conceptions of citizenship and liberalism in Canada and Quebec......Page 51
2.4 A unique model of citizenship: intercultural citizenship......Page 57
3 Redefining the Quebec Nation......Page 59
3.1 Dumont's ethnic model......Page 60
3.2 The civic models: Derriennic, Leydet, Caldwell, Bariteau......Page 62
3.3 Reconciling the ethnic and the civic: Bouchard, Seymour, Taylor......Page 69
3.4 Overcoming the taboo of ethnicity......Page 75
4 Quebec in a Globalising World......Page 77
4.1 Quebec's international relations......Page 78
4.2 Quebec and the Americas......Page 82
4.3 Quebec, la Francophonie and cultural diversity......Page 90
4.4 Quebec as a global player......Page 94
Part II A Common Language......Page 96
5 French: A Language for All Quebecers......Page 98
5.1 French in Quebec: from langue commune to langue publique commune......Page 99
5.2 Status planning to motivate new Quebecers......Page 106
5.3 'De-ethnicising' language?......Page 112
5.4 Status planning for Quebecers of all ethnic origins......Page 119
6 Whose French? Language Attitudes, Linguistic Insecurity and Standardisation......Page 121
6.1 Est-ce qu'on parle bien, nous autres?......Page 122
6.2 The myth of 'international French' and the monocentric ideology of the standard......Page 127
6.3 Identifying and describing a standard for Quebec French......Page 134
6.4 Corpus planning for Quebecers of all ethnic origins......Page 141
Part III Diverse Experiences......Page 144
7 Language, Immigration and Belonging......Page 146
7.1 Quebec's role as host......Page 147
7.2 Adult migrant experiences of language and belonging......Page 154
7.3 Les enfants de la loi 101......Page 159
7.4 'Pure new wool' Quebecers?......Page 163
8 Transformations of Anglophone Quebec......Page 165
8.1 Who is an Anglophone Quebecer?......Page 167
8.2 Are Anglophone Quebecers des citoyens à part entière ('fully-fledged citizens')?......Page 173
8.3 Bilingualism: no problem(?)......Page 180
8.4 A continuing rapprochement......Page 185
9 Linguistic Rights for Aboriginal Nations......Page 187
9.1 Aboriginal nations and linguistic rights in Quebec......Page 189
9.2 Aboriginal citizenship, new agreements and language......Page 195
9.3 Language survival in practice......Page 201
9.4 Shared interests, shared concerns......Page 207
10 Conclusion......Page 209
Appendix......Page 214
Notes......Page 215
Bibliography......Page 229
A......Page 262
C......Page 263
D......Page 265
E......Page 266
F......Page 267
G......Page 268
I......Page 269
L......Page 270
M......Page 271
O......Page 272
Q......Page 273
S......Page 274
W......Page 275