In the weeks leading up to the Canadian federal election, federal party leaders seek to appeal to a crucial part of the electorate - Québec voters, most of whom are of French-Canadian background - through a series of televised debates. As party leaders engage in discourse aimed at creating proximity with and enacting an affiliative stance toward these voters, the debates become a platform for discursive negotiation of Québec identity, in which identity stances and narratives are reflected, reproduced, and challenged. This study examines a corpus of party leaders’ discourse as these political actors interactively negotiate Québec identity during three party leader debates in the 2019 federal election. Following the theoretical framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, the inquiry discusses the following aspects of the party leaders’ discourse: discursive representation of Quebecers’ group identity and self-positioning with respect to that identity, use of symbolic lexis and references that signal attachment to the French-Canadian majority’s collective memory, and self-positioning with respect to the French language. In addition, the discussion addresses implications of the bilingual nature of political discourse in the Canadian context, focusing on party leaders’ use of code-switching and metapragmatic commentary. Crucially, the study’s conclusions suggest that a shared vision of Québec identity has not yet been widely ratified. While the party leaders’ discourse appears largely felicitous with the inclusive, civic vision of Québec identity, the study’s findings point to continued primacy of the French-Canadian fact in its current conceptualization.
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In spring 2018, Deirdre Kinahan’s The Unmanageable Sisters, an adaptation of Michel Tremblay’s landmark Les belles-sœurs (1968), was performed in the Abbey Theatre. A “smash hit” (Abbey programme) with the Irish audience, it was restaged in summer 2019. The Dublin version by a young and accomplished Irish playwright stages the comparability of the language register and of the socioeconomic and cultural circumstances that inspired the original thus underlining the connection between the two theater communities. It also demonstrates theater’s role in voicing the language, lives, and daily traumas of impoverished, undereducated, and marginalized women. This study contends that Tremblay’s and Kinahan’s success is attributable to the dramaturges’ understanding, interpretation, and staging of the intersectionality of the issues addressed. Intersectionality focuses on the layering and interaction of multiple sources of power, oppression, and marginalization. Previous English translations did not capture the intersectionality central to the original.
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Cet article considère la parution de La coupe vide comme un jalon dans l’histoire des luttes contre les violences sexuelles en littérature québécoise. Dans ce roman structuré autour d’une agression sexuelle et d’une tentative de féminicide, Adrienne Choquette explore le système qui organise les relations sociales et sexuelles de manière mortifère. Il s’agit de comprendre quelles sont les stratégies narratives mises en place, dans le contexte littéraire des années 1940, pour dénoncer les mécanismes de pouvoir et de coercition menant à la mort symbolique des femmes. Deux stratégies particulières sont explorées: la prédation sérielle du corps des femmes et l’universalisation du désir de prédation. De manière oblique, Choquette parvient dans son roman à braquer l’objectif sur le caractère patriarcal des relations hommes/femmes et à préfigurer certaines revendications féministes.
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Amy B. Reid, Samia I. Spencer, Arnaud Chaniac, Alisa Belanger, Kevin J. Christiano, Hélène Blondeau, M. Santoro, Amy J. Ransom, Peadar Kearney
{"title":"Book Reviews","authors":"Amy B. Reid, Samia I. Spencer, Arnaud Chaniac, Alisa Belanger, Kevin J. Christiano, Hélène Blondeau, M. Santoro, Amy J. Ransom, Peadar Kearney","doi":"10.3828/qs.2021.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3828/qs.2021.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36865,"journal":{"name":"Quebec Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42815209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In what ways can study of cultural mixing or métissages, often linked to histories of empire, colonization, and assimilation, help to better understand complexities in contemporary French and francophone societies? How can theories of creolization explain ambiguous ethnic, racial, and national phenomena that have long existed but have remained obscure? This article critically examines hybrid cultures that have coalesced as a result of pervasive French presence in the world over the last several centuries. The publications of Histoire mondiale de la France and its English translation France in the World: A New Global History sparked debate both inside and outside the Academy, on both sides of the Atlantic, about the global currents that have shaped nations like France and the United States. More readily acknowledged creolizations in French-speaking parts of the globe signal a noteworthy evolution. The analysis herein leans on oceanic thought developed by philosopher Édouard Glissant in his influential Traité du Tout-Monde. Glissant emphasizes the ephemeral, unpredictable, improvisational nature of creolizations. While common in the French and francophone world, creolizations know no boundaries and respect no borders; they are constantly and transgressively reinventing themselves. To what extent is the question of creolization in modern Québec relevant? The essay focuses in particular on French cultural cross-fertilization in the Americas and the compelling tensions between créolité and américanité. De quelles manières l’étude des métissages culturelles, souvent liées aux histoires d’empire, de colonisation et d’assimilation, peut-elle nous aider à mieux comprendre les complexités des sociétés françaises et francophones actuelles? Comment les théories de la créolisation peuvent-elles expliquer l’ambiguïté de certains phénomènes ethniques, raciaux et nationaux qui existent depuis longtemps mais qui restent obscurs. Cet article examine de manière critique les cultures hybrides qui résultent d’une présence mondiale française depuis plusieurs siècles. L’édition d’Histoire mondiale de la France et de sa traduction anglaise, France in the World: A New Global History, a suscité des débats sur les courants mondiaux qui ont forgé des nations comme la France et les États-Unis à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur de l’académie, des deux côtés de l’Atlantique. Des créolisations plus facilement reconnues dans quelques régions du monde francophone signalent une évolution pertinente. Cette analyse s’appuie sur la pensée océanique du philosophe Édouard Glissant dans son influent Traité du Tout-Monde, dans lequel il met l’accent sur la nature éphémère, imprévisible et improvisée des créolisations. Quoique communes en France ainsi que dans le monde francophone, les créolisations ne respectent ni limite ni frontière; elles s’inventent de nouveau sans cesse et de manière transgressive. Dans quelle mesure la question de la créolisation est-elle pertinente au Québec actuel?
研究通常与帝国、殖民和同化历史有关的文化融合或混血有助于更好地理解当代法语和法语社会的复杂性？克里奥尔化理论如何解释长期存在但仍不清楚的模棱两可的种族、种族和民族现象？本文批判性地研究了过去几个世纪法国在世界上普遍存在的结果而融合的混合文化。《世界上的法国：一部新的全球历史》在学院内外就大西洋两岸形成法国和美国等国家的全球趋势展开了激烈辩论。世界上讲法语的部分地区更为广为人知的克里奥尔化表明了一个显著的演变。哲学家埃杜阿尔·格利桑特（Édouard Glissant）在其有影响力的论文《世界报》（Le Tout Monde）中提出的海洋思想在此得到了分析。滑强调克里奥尔化的短暂、不可预测、即兴性质。虽然在法语和法语世界很常见，但克里奥尔化不知道边界，不尊重边界；他们不断地、越轨地重塑自己。现代相关魁北克的克里奥尔化问题的范围是什么？这篇文章特别关注美洲的法国文化交叉融合以及克里奥尔人和美国人之间的紧张关系。研究文化混合，通常与帝国、殖民和同化的历史有关，如何帮助我们更好地理解当今法国和法语社会的复杂性？克里奥尔化理论如何解释某些长期存在但仍不清楚的种族、种族和民族现象的模糊性？本文批判性地研究了几个世纪以来法国在全球存在所产生的混合文化。《法国世界历史》及其英文译本《世界上的法国：新的全球历史》引发了关于在大西洋两岸学院内外塑造法国和美国等国家的全球潮流的辩论。在法语世界的一些地区，克里奥尔化更容易被承认，这表明了一个相关的演变。这一分析基于哲学家埃杜阿尔·格利桑特（Édouard Glissant）在其具有影响力的《世界报》（Traitédu tout monde）中的海洋思想，其中他强调了克里奥尔化的短暂、不可预测和即兴性质。尽管在法国和法语世界很常见，但克里奥尔化不尊重边界或边界；他们不断地、越轨地重新发明自己。克里奥尔化问题在多大程度上与当今魁北克相关？这篇文章特别关注了法国在美洲的文化融合以及克里奥尔人和美国人之间的紧张关系。
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{"title":"Book Reviews","authors":"Amy B. Reid, J. Cayer, J. Papillon","doi":"10.3828/qs.2020.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3828/qs.2020.21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36865,"journal":{"name":"Quebec Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48450310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction: Reading Intertextual Networks in Contemporary Québécois Literature Lire les réseaux intertextuels dans la littérature québécoise contemporaine","authors":"C. Duff, C. Khordoc","doi":"10.3828/qs.2020.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3828/qs.2020.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36865,"journal":{"name":"Quebec Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45398743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Papas de la patinoire: Hockey Dads and Responsible Family Manhood in Twentieth-Century Québec","authors":"P. Gossage","doi":"10.3828/qs.2020.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3828/qs.2020.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36865,"journal":{"name":"Quebec Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47437690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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