CSCT 1CS3 Lecture Notes - Language Binding, Peacebuilding, Robertson Davies

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
• Course: CSCT 1CS3
• Professor: Helene Strauss

Document Summary

Group belonging is not always equal belonging hierarchy. Is not a nation (no specific type of religion or language binding people together. 10 provinces, 3 territories, lots of green space. Canada is not the u. s. speaks to anxieties by being swallowed by powerful neighbouring force. 18 c constructs have strong power in our lives today. Patriotism, nationality, culture biased based on gender and sexuality. Works by way of interpellation and invention of a shared historical narrative. The nation in popular and consumer culture. Community tied together by newspaper was literate reflects and serves economic and social interests of elite group. Nationalism (secondary) is seen as a spinoff of the nation (primary) Recent theorists say the relationship is inversed. Nation is key source of modern identity. No natural correlation between nation and state (ex/ palestine, kurds) Been able to connect people between scattered places. Struggles of equal citizenship, democratic issues, self-definition.