8 research outputs found
A canadian response to the iconography of war propaganda in the British Empire: Nellie McClungâs Politeia Pax Feminina
Comme lâĂ©crivait rĂ©cemment Margaret Atwood dans Story of a Nation (2001), lâĂ©thique canadienne de considĂ©ration pour autrui fait aujourdâhui partie de lâidentitĂ© nationale autant que le respect de la diversitĂ© et du multiculturalisme. Il faut ajouter Ă ce propos le lien que lâon peut Ă©tablir entre lâimpact de la guerre et le rĂŽle de la paix dans le processus actuel de construction dâune identitĂ© nationale canadienne. En dĂ©pit du fait que le Canada ne soit pas aujourdâhui une nation militaire mais plutĂŽt une nation de soldats de la paix, la guerre, comme câest le cas pour toute nation, a eu un rĂŽle instrumental dans le processus de construction de la nation. En rĂ©alitĂ©, « câest la guerre qui a fait le Canada », comme lâannonçait la page dâaccueil du MusĂ©e canadien de la guerre, mise en ligne il y a peu. Cependant, « le Canada nâa jamais Ă©tĂ© un enfant de chĆur dans le concert des nations ; il a participĂ© Ă des guerres et a nĂ©gociĂ© ses avantages comme tous les autres. Pourtant, sâil faut que les nations projettent une image dâelles-mĂȘmes, il vaut certainement mieux que les Canadiens sâidentifient Ă la moralitĂ© incarnĂ©e et sâimaginent dans le rĂŽle dâarbitres plutĂŽt que celui de bouchers ou de bellicistes », note pertinemment J. L. Grantstein. En partant de ces observations, le prĂ©sent article remonte Ă lâĂ©poque du Haut Empire et de la Grande Guerre, que lâon peut considĂ©rer comme la pierre angulaire de ces Ă©volutions. En sâappuyant sur le travail de critiques comme J. Turpin, J. Bethke-Elshtain et A. Carter pour dĂ©finir son cadre thĂ©orique, cet article examine la relation contestĂ©e entre maternitĂ©, paix et guerre, et lâimpact de cette relation sur la construction dâune identitĂ© nationale et fĂ©minine en contexte de guerre. Cette analyse aborde en premier lieu du matĂ©riel de propagande, des Ćuvres dâart et des reprĂ©sentations littĂ©raires de cette pĂ©riode qui semblent singuliĂšrement frappants. Puis, cet article se concentre sur lâĆuvre de lâĂ©crivain, militante et critique fĂ©ministe canadienne, Nellie McClung, et son traitement plutĂŽt controversĂ© de ces questions. McLung Ă©tait, parmi dâautres, une pacifiste dĂ©clarĂ©e avant la Grande Guerre, mais devint une fervente partisane de lâengagement canadien pendant la guerre quand son fils se fit enrĂŽler. AprĂšs la guerre, finalement plutĂŽt dĂ©sillusionnĂ©e, elle revint Ă ses idĂ©es pacifistes et prĂŽna une politique mondiale fĂ©minine autre, dĂ©signĂ©e comme « Politeia Pax Feminina » ; rĂ©ponse canadienne Ă lâiconographie dâune guerre patriarcale et de sa propagande menĂ©es dans le contexte de lâEmpire britannique. Cette position peut ĂȘtre considĂ©rĂ©e comme un premier signe du besoin actuel du Canada de se dĂ©finir dans le rĂŽle dâarbitre mentionnĂ© prĂ©cĂ©demment
Beyond Conflicts and Borders: Reconciliation and Latinotopia
This entry sheds lights on the concept of âReconciliation and Latinotopiaâ as a pressing and ever-more popular subject matter that takes us beyond conflicts and borders as well as the historical and geographical site of the Mexican American borderlands. It demonstrates that reconciliation is pivotal when discussing the United States. Historically speaking, one may go as far as to claim that reconciliation or, rather its absence, was the seed from which the Mexican American community emerged. Today, when addressing how to deal with the borderlands and how to go beyond this geographical site but also conflicts and dualities, reconciliation exerts a significant influence on the shaping of contemporary identities and the well-being of a community. Increasingly, the region is extending its influence to all parts of the United States and is gaining greater importance as an in-between space â in the sense of a glocal, geo-political and transcultural as well as aesthetic space beyond a third space â not only in the Americas but internationally. How and to what extent Latinotopia can eventually be perceived as a discursive site for reconciliation in the Third Millennium is the question this paper aims to answer by integrating socio-political, historical and literary works in an interdisciplinary manner and by suggesting considering Gilles Deleuzeâs and FĂ©lix Guattariâs figure of the ârhizomeâ as an illustrative concept to capture Latinotopia theoretically and practically in further studies
Latinotopia-USA: International Perspectives on the Transforming USA in the 21st Century
From all indications, Latinotopia is about to become an increasingly domestic influence as well as an international or rather transnational phenomenon triggered by an ever-growing Latino and Spanish-speaking population worldwide. Nevertheless, domestic and global politics as well as a large section of the (inter)national and interdisciplinary research community still do not pay sufficient attention to these striking developments and transformations in this Third Millennium. This LISA e-journal number aims to contribute to closing this research gap from an international and interdisciplinary angle, bringing together a broad roster of interested critics and specialists from far corners of the globe who submitted innovative critical and interdisciplinary vistas on the burgeoning real and discursive landscape of âLatinotopia-USAâ
Views of Canadian Cultures
When a German thinks of Canada, his or her image of this country is strongly determined by hetero-stereotypes. A survey which I conducted at the University of WĂŒrzburg in 2004 shows that German students of English know very little about Canadian literature, about Canadian geography and about Canadian society. What they do know best are preconceived images which reveal a Eurocentric view of the country. Among the few features of this image the most prominent are âthe noble savage,â âthe lumberjack,â âthe mountie,â âthe sheer endless woods,â âthe moose,â and âthe beaverâ. This romanticized image corresponds to a large extent to the image of Canada presented in 18th-century and 19th-century travel and exploration literature as well as in modern tourist brochures and travel guides which try to provide the traveller with a survival knowledge based on facts, figures and photographs