Selves and Subjectivities: Reflections on Canadian Arts and Culture

• Main Author: Manijeh Mannani and Veronica Thompson (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Athabasca University Press 2012
• Subjects: Mathematics & science; Canadian literature; gender; Canadian identity; multiculturalism; identity formation; nationhood
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Long a topic of intricate political and social debate, Canadian identity has come to be understood as fragmented, amorphous, and unstable, a multifaceted and contested space only tenuously linked to traditional concepts of the nation. As Canadians, we are endlessly defining ourselves, seeking to loc...