| Beheading the Saint: Nationalism, Religion, and Secularism in Quebec Contributor(s): Zubrzycki, Geneviève (Author) |
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ISBN: 022639154X ISBN-13: 9780226391540 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $111.87 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Religion | Religion, Politics & State - Religion | Holidays - Christian |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2016015887 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Quebec - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through much of its existence, Qu bec's neighbors called it the "priest-ridden province." Today, however, Qu bec 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, Genevi ve 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 Qu b cois identity. From there, Zubrzycki extends her analysis to the present, looking at the role of Qu b cois 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zubrzycki, Genevieve: - Geneviève Zubrzycki is associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan. |