The Blurry Outlines of Historical Urban Space
Quebec City's 400th Anniversary, its Literary Status and its Suburbs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12930030 |
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| Authors | Daniel Laforest (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 197-213 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Canadian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-8078 • E-ISSN: 0269-9222 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/bjcs.22.2.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2069543679 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Among the many discourses on Quebec City's distinctive historical status during its 400th anniversary celebrations in 2008, the city's peripheral living spaces received little or no attention. The investigation of this problem necessarily involves a questioning of its narrative implications, since it is grounded in history. Through this questioning it also becomes clear that there have been no significant literary representations of Quebec City's suburbanisation. What could be the reason for this double absence of suburbia's history in the patrimonial discourses and in the literary imaginary? This article aims to address this question through a re-examination of the link between urban space and literary realism in accordance with the particular cultural history of the province of Quebec
Aesthetics · Art · Economic history · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Realism · Sociology · The Imaginary · Urban history · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies · French Urban and Social Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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