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Title

Ethnicity and culture in Canada : the research landscape / edited by J.W. Berry and J.A. Laponce.

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1994.

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Additional Authors

• Berry, John W.
• Laponce, J. A.

Description

xv, 579 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Ethnicity, write J.W. Berry and J.A. Laponce in their introduction to this volume, is likely to be to the twenty-first century what class was to the twentieth; that is, a major source of tension and political conflict. However, ethnicity is also increasingly likely to be a source of inspiration and diversification within society. Because of the rapidly developing importance of ethnicity and culture in Canada, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Ministry of Multiculturalism and Citizenship undertook in 1991 a project to review research on the subject. This volume, in nineteen chapters, is the record of the findings. Papers cover such topics as demography, political philosophy, history, anthropology, sociology, media studies, literature, language learning, education, and ethnic and multicultural attitudes. Looking back to the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, mandated in 1963, the editors point out that the terminology has changed radically, and that the evolution from biculturalism to multiculturalism has clarified not only the political agenda but the research agenda as well. An insistent theme recurs throughout this volume: multiculturalism is taken increasingly as being a characteristic of Canadian society as a whole, rather than a concept focused exclusively on new Canadians. While the Canadian population has always been ethnically diverse, only recently has the diversity been systematically analysed. Ethnic and multicultural studies are remarkably well developed in Canada, the editors conclude. However, they point out one shortcoming more apparent in some fields than others: we often know quite well how the dominant group views a minority, but we often lack knowledge of the reverse attitudes and opinions. Berry and Laponce recommend that we replace one-way mirrors with windows, preferably open windows.

Subject

• Canada > Ethnic relations
• Canada > Research
• Ethnology > Canada > Research
• Ethnology > Canada
• Ethnology > Research > Canada
• Multiculturalism > Canada > Research
• Multiculturalism > Canada
• Multiculturalism > Research > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-535) and index.

Language (note)

• Includes text in English and French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Evaluating research on Canada's multiethnic and multicultural society : an introduction / J.W. Berry, J.A. Laponce -- Demography of Canadian population by ethnic group / Karol J. Krótki, Colin Reid -- Political philosophy of multiculturalism / Gilles Paquet -- Politique québécoise face au 'pluralisme culturel' et pistes de recherche 1977-1990 / Denise Helly -- Immigration policy and multiculturalism / Elliot L. Tepper -- The charter, human rights, and multiculturalism in common-law Canada / E. Diane Pask --
• (cont.) Ethnicity in Canadian historical writing 1970-1990 / Anthony W. Rasporich -- Ethnicity and voting studies in Canada : primary and secondary sources 1970-1991 / J.A. Laponce -- Ethnographic research / Norman Buchignani, Paul Letkemann -- Ethnic assimilation and the retention of ethnic cultures / Morton Weinfeld -- Media and minorities in a post-multicultural society : overview and appraisal / Augie Fleras -- Ethnic and multicultural attitudes / Rudolf Kalin, J.W. Berry -- Ethnic and language attitudes in Quebec / Richard Y. Bourhis -- Canadian ethnic minority literature in English / Enoch Padolsky --
• (cont.) La recherche au Québec portant sur l'écriture ethnique / Sherry Simon, David Leahy -- Acquiring French as a second language in Canada : towards a research agenda / Richard Clément -- Heritage language learning and teaching / Jim Cummins -- Multicultural education in Canada from a global perspective / Peter J. Gamlin ... [et al.] -- Multiculturalism in postsecondary education : 1970-1991 / Brian J. O'Neill, Shankar A. Yelaja -- The state of bibliographic control of publications in the field of multiculturalism / Iza Laponce.

ISBN

• 0802028977 (cloth : acid-free) :
• 0802077595 (paper) :

LCCN

^^^94215611^

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Harvard Library