SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: English Canada, Ethnocide, Communal Land
Document Summary
Issue for quebec: most manufacturing is in english canada; controlled by english corporation. Concentration of production is in english canada: most products represent english culture. Emphasis on urbanisation - forces people off land of quebec: detraction from rural life, need to know english. Cultural productions commodified - most of this represented english canada. & not quebecois/french canadian values/beliefs: mostly english, french canadians seen as backwards, rural, unsophisticated - reversed. Have seen this in irish catholics/serbs: catholic church"s position compromised - the uprooting of people, authority over life is compromised because they have to move around a lot & have to deal w/ new institutions. Transformation: people into consumers - the greater emphasis of money economy & manufacturing. "to lose your language is like the loss of an arm or a leg. " Up until this point: story of french vs. english canada.
