KP341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Olympic Glory, National Hockey Association, Canadian Identity
30 Jan 2018
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Theme iii: nationalism, race, ethnicity, and canadian identity i. Ideas of the national: ethnicity, race, and nationalism, the canadian type. Why sport: how sport, the canadian type. National imagination: what is important to canadians about being canadian, polite, what makes us unique, not the only ones with universal health care, or accepting immigrants. Language, culture, race, history, religion, geographic proximity: do not have any of these, so hard for nationalism to occur. Competing visions of the "nation: europeans vs. first nations, english vs. french, british vs. american vs. canadian. Historically linked to skin colour and geography. Not necessarily tied to physical aspects: british ethnicity. Juxtapose white settlers against first nations: civilized "canadian"s" and canada, sport an important hallmark of canadian identity. 1868 the dominion of canada rifle association: utility of leisure of shooting, state sponsored, championships engender patriotism. Civilizing the land and its inhabitants: first nations culture controlled and eradicated, 1867 indian act, banned from sport participation.
