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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Neil Bissoondath provides an intriguing critique of a law and policy in Canada that largely goes unquestioned throughout much of left of centre Anglophone Canadian circles. There were elements I agreed with, and areas that I did not - but of course, as his introduction indicates, this was the point - to put an unquestioned policy into question. He has succeeded, then, in his goal. I appreciated the insight he provided into the different ways English and French Canada have responded to the phenomenon - though I think some attention to francophones outside Québec would have added to the work. Additionally, First Nations are mentionned only in passing, and it would have greatly added to this intriguing piece if Bissoondath had incorporated the impact of multiculturalism and First Nation sovereignty, rights, etc. Overall an interesting read - I did indeed have a "yes, but-" at many points. ( ) > Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Bissoondath-Le-marche-aux-illusions/47662 > BAnQ (Yakabuski K., Le devoir, 29 avr. 1995) : https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2770925 > BAnQ (Tremblay N., Le soleil, 18 juin 1995) : https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2909353 > BAnQ (Khouri N., Cité libre, 1996, mars-avril) : https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2225490 Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Since he immigrated to Canada two decades ago, Neil Bissoondath has consistently refused the role of the ethnic, and sought to avoid the burden of hyphenation -- a burden that would label him as an East Indian-Trinidadian-Canadian living in Quebec. Bissoondath argues that the policy of multiculturalism, with its emphasis on the former or ancestral homeland and its insistence that There is more important than Here, discourages the full loyalty of Canada's citizens. Through the 1971 Multiculturalism Act, Canada has sought to order its population into a cultural mosaic of diversity and tolerance. Seeking to preserve the heritage of Canada's many peoples, the policy nevertheless creates unease on many levels, transforming people into political tools and turning historical distinctions into stereotyped commodities. It encourages exoticism, highlighting the differences that divide Canadians rather than the similarities that unite them. Selling Illusions is Neil Bissoondath's personal exploration of a politically motivated public policy with profound private ramifications -- a policy flawed from its inception but implemented with all the political zeal of a true believer. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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