| Ethnic Elites and Canadian Identity: Japanese, Ukrainians, and Scots, 1919-1971 Contributor(s): Fujiwara, Aya (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887557376 ISBN-13: 9780887557378 Publisher: University of Manitoba Press OUR PRICE: $28.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2016438283 |
| Series: Studies in Immigration and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ethnic elites, the influential business owners, teachers, and newspaper editors within distinct ethnic communities, play an important role as self-appointed mediators between their communities and "mainstream" societies. In Ethnic Elites and Canadian Identity, Aya Fujiwara examines the roles of Japanese, Ukrainian, and Scottish elites during the transition of Canadian identity from Anglo-conformity to ethnic pluralism. By comparing the strategies and discourses used by each community, including rhetoric, myths, collective memories, and symbols, she reveals how prewar community leaders were driving forces in the development of multiculturalism policy. In doing so, she challenges the widely held notion that multiculturalism was a product of the 1960s formulated and promoted by "mainstream" Canadians and places the emergence of Canadian multiculturalism within a transnational context. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fujiwara, Aya: - Aya Fujiwara is a former advisor in Political Affairs at the Embassy of Japan in Ottawa. She has a PhD in Canadian History and teaches at the University of Alberta. |