ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nationstates, Canadian Identity, Block Quotation
3 Feb 2018
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Nation & nationalism : state form of society that"s characterized by a high ranking of ppl, nation collection of ppl who share a common language and ancestry views. Immigration is a way in which others are produced. Other that"s located inside the boundary of the nation-state deemed to be contrary or dangerous to the values of the nation and should be eliminated, punished: e. g. Indigenous ppl (eternal other"), either failing to accept or not evolving to the modern civilization. Immigrant communities are considered as eternal other": lgbt considered as eternal other". Idea of canadian justice towards its minority: canadians = mosaic (you come to canada, keep your national identity, but you merge into the canadian culture. American = the melting pot (you come, assimilate to become american) Article: popular narrative of canadian identity, who"s included in the idea of canadian national myths / diff narrative we tell about ourselves.
