CANA 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: List Of National Animals, Canadian Identity, Imagined Community

• School: Brock University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CANA 1F91
• Professor: Maureen Connolly

Document Summary

What does it meant to be canadian. Is there any such thing as canadian culture. How do we come to know our national identity. What cultural symbols best cultivate this sense. What canadians want does not happen naturally. Is there a particular canadian style of desiring certain things. Is being canadian pleasurable (do we enjoy being canadian) Canadian national identity can be mandated or it can be encouraged. It"s a mystery as to how national identities come to be or if they even exist. Certain objects giver us pleasure which makes us want to identify with them. What do these symbols actually represent vs what do we want them to represent. The feeling of organic community by people, often based on a sense of common history, ethnicity, race, language or culture. The institutions and agencies that administer and govern a particular population within a given geopolitical territory. The state traditionally has a relationship with the citizens.