Books in the Canadiana series

Apropos Canada / A propos du Canada

Canadian Studies: The State of the Art Etudes canadiennes : Questions de recherche

This study provides an in-depth look into the fiction of one of African-Canadian literature's foremost writers, Lawrence Hill. It is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of Hill's historical fictions which narrates histories rarely told before - whether it is the enslavement of blacks in Canada, de facto segregation or racial profiling.

Cultural Constructions of Migration in Canada Constructions culturelles de la migration au Canada

What are the cultural challenges of migration in Canada in the context of glocalization? In what areas can we recognise the advent of a specific cultural dimension which, in turn, calls for the development of a model character within the global sphere linked to the knowledge-based society? This title deals with these questions.

The book addresses the role of the European dimension in Canada's cultural heritage in Canada's collective consciousness and relations with Europe in the 21st century. Le livre aborde le role de la dimension europeenne dans l'heritage culturel du Canada dans la conscience collective et les relations avec l'Europe du Canada au XXIe siecle.

This anthology employs theories of liminality to discuss Canada's geographic and symbolic boundaries, arguing that "Canada," as a cultural, political, and geographic entity, encapsulates elements which qualify as "liminal." The essays deal with real and imagined borders, as well as contact zones and thresholds in Anglo- and French-Canadian texts.

The author presents the significance of the First World War for the construction of a Canadian national identity by conducting an interdisciplinary analysis. The reconstruction focuses on how Canadian authors have challenged, re-imagined and re-written the -myth to bring to life the experiences of national minorities.

Die Studie erforscht die narrativen Verfahren zur Darstellung der Inhalte und Funktionsweisen von Erinnerung und Gedachtnis in den Werken franko-judischer Migrationsautoren in Quebec. Das Textkorpus umfasst Romane von bereits kanonisierten Schriftstellern (Bosco, Kattan, Robin) sowie von weniger bekannten Autoren (Lasry, Teboul, Wolf).