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Intercultural dialogue : Canada and the other / edited by Martin Howard.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International Canadian studies series
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Intercultural communication--Canada.
- Intercultural communication.
- Other (Philosophy).
- Other (Philosophy) in literature.
- Canada--Ethnic relations.
- Canada.
- Ethnic relations.
- Canada--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 138 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- Includes some text in French.
- Summary:
- This book is about the other, that conceptual reality we increasingly encounter in our daily lives as the global village manifests itself in Canada and beyond. The other presents values and lifestyles different from our own, requiring a sharpening of our perception of self and of those around us.
- The collection of essays in Intercultural Dialogue: Canada and the Other takes a hard look at how these perceptions are revealed through intercultural dialogue in the literary, political and sociological aspects of Canadian society. The dilemma of the other, or alterity, is thoroughly addressed through the work of nine authors who first made their presentations at the XIIth Biennial International Conference of the Association of Canadian Studies. Through the eyes of the immigrant, through francophone writers, through minority people struggling with dual loyalty in a federal society, through statistics, sport and through a bold presentation of an alternative political model, the authors reveal issues of personal and social identity that we all recognize.
- Beyond simply recognizing and neutralizing the alterity in our lives, we are challenged to celebrate it, to consider otherness a meeting point of different cultures, and to embrace multiculturalism as an opportunity for personal and cultural growth.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Agonistic Democracy and Canada's Linguistic Duality / Marie-Joie Brady 1
- Chapter 2 Canada as Represented in Austin Clarke's Thematics and Writing: Not a Melting Pot but a Meeting Point of Different Cultures Marcienne Rocard 17
- Chapter 3 Exile and Alterity in the Works of Dominique Blondeau and Marie-Celie Agnant / Raija H. Koski 27
- Chapter 4 La lettre errante ou la parole vaine dans Les Lettres chinoises de Ying Chen / Marie-Pierre Andron 45
- Chapter 5 Representations de l'Autre dans La conjuration des batards de Francine Noel: Vers une creolisation globale / Anne-Claire Nash 59
- Chapter 6 Le dialogue interculturel du discours sportif: l'Autre en traduction chez Jacques Poulin / Carlo Lavoie 75
- Chapter 7 Identity and Trust in a Multinational Federation: The Case of Canada / Rejean Pelletier 87
- Chapter 8 Demographic Trends and the Linguistic Composition of Canada and Quebec: An Analysis of Recent Evidence / Maeve Conrick 101
- Chapter 9 Promoting Cultural Understanding between Mexico and Canada: The Literary Text as the Basis for Cultural Contact / Donna Marie Kabalen de Bichara 117.
- Notes:
- "... collection of articles which were originally presented at the XIIth Biennial International Conference of the Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland."--Introd.
- Limited edition of 800 copies.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780776606460
- 0776606468
- OCLC:
- 124034516
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