Exalted subjects : studies in the making of race and nation in Canada

Thobani, Sunera 1957- (Author).

Summary: "Questions of national identity, indigenous rights, citizenship, and migration have acquired unprecedented relevance in this age of globalization. In Exalted Subjects, noted feminist scholar Sunera Thobani examines the meanings and complexities of these questions in a Canadian context. Based in the theoretical traditions of political economy and cultural/post-colonial studies, this book examines how the national subject has been conceptualized in Canada at particular historical junctures, and how state policies and popular practices have exalted certain subjects over others."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802092274 (bound)
ISBN: 9780802094544 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0802092276 (bound)
ISBN: 0802094546 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 410 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-390) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : of exaltation -- 1. Founding of a lawful nation -- 2. Nationals, citizens, and others -- 3. The welfare of nationals -- 4. Multiculturalism and the liberalizing nation -- 5. Reforming Canadians : consultations and nationalizations -- 6. Nationality in the age of global terror.