Neuerscheinung: 150 Years of Canada

Ursula Lehmkuhl / Elisabeth Tutschek (ed.) (2020): 150 Years of Canada: Grappling with Diversity since 1867 (Münster: Waxmann Verlag).

On July 1, 2017, Canada celebrated the 150th anniversary of Confederation. The nation-wide festivities prompted ambiguous reactions and contradictory responses since they officially proclaimed to celebrate “what it means to be Canadian. “Canada 150’s” focus on identity. The contributions touch upon issues of Canada’s French and English dualism; of its settler colonial past and present and the role of Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s identity narrative; of Canada’s religious, cultural, ethnic and racial diversity; and of the challenge of forging a “Canadian” identity.