ENGL 1F97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Canadians Of German Ethnicity, Bildungsroman
18 Feb 2016
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Contact/colonialism often said we live in a post colonial world, but for aboriginal peoples across the globe, colonization never ended. Dispossession of land, disruption of tradition, cultural practices, eradication of languages, contamination of air, waterways, soil, violation of sacred ground. Now beginning to be taught, discussed in media more openly. Internment of italian and german canadians during wwii. Explores how recovery from cultural devastation might be possible when the destruction and denigration of the culture is ongoing. Racism against first nations, inuit, and metis peoples is as strong as ever even though the residential schools have been closed. Hockey: national sport, game of speed, means of evaluating the spirits of participants and spectators. Residential schools: national institution for over a century, a source of national shame, of division, of social engineering, intended to civilize the savage a history that is often, silenced, marginalized, glossed over, felt to be dealt with. Hockey as an expression of power and energy.
