Beheading the Saint : Nationalism, Religion, and Secularism in Quebec / Geneviève Zubrzycki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zubrzycki, Geneviève, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Québec (Province).

Nationalism.

Secularism--Political aspects--Québec (Province).

Secularism.

Church and state--Québec (Province).

Church and state.

Parades--Political aspects--Québec (Province).

Parades.

John the Baptist's Day--Québec (Province).

John the Baptist's Day.

Social change--Québec (Province).

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Through much of its existence, Québec's neighbors called it the "priest-ridden province." Today, however, Québec society is staunchly secular, with a modern welfare state built on lay provision of social services-a transformation rooted in the "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s. In Beheading the Saint, Geneviève Zubrzycki studies that transformation through a close investigation of the annual Feast of St. John the Baptist of June 24. The celebrations of that national holiday, she shows, provided a venue for a public contesting of the dominant ethno-Catholic conception of French Canadian identity and, via the violent rejection of Catholic symbols, the articulation of a new, secular Québécois identity. From there, Zubrzycki extends her analysis to the present, looking at the role of Québécois identity in recent debates over immigration, the place of religious symbols in the public sphere, and the politics of cultural heritage-issues that also offer insight on similar debates elsewhere in the world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1. From French Canada to Québec

2. The Iconic Making of French Canadianness

3. Iconoclastic Unmaking

4. Iconographic Remaking and the Politics of Identity

5. Nationalism, Secularism, and Cultural Heritage

6. Conclusion

Appendix A: Historical Cues

Appendix B: Parade Themes

Appendix C: Methods and Sources

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226391717

022639171X

OCLC:

962179541