Debunking the Multicultural Dream: Diasporic Identities on the Contemporary Multi-ethnic Canadian Stage
Debunking the Multicultural Dream: Diasporic Identities on the Contemporary Multi-ethnic Canadian Stage
Author(s): Caroline de WagterSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus
Summary/Abstract: „As an age-old phenomenon, migration has acquired a special significance within the context of the Western colonial expansion. It reached its culmination in the Twentieth century, when it implied the formation of a number of diverse diasporic communities within the social fabric of Western hegemonic centres.2 In his study of diasporic culture and identity, cultural critic Stuart Hall traces the complex processes of assimilation, resistance, and negotiation as typical”[…]
Journal: Interlitteraria
- Issue Year: XII/2007
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 91-110
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English