How French Canadians became White Folks, or doing things with race in Quebec
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Corrie Scott (University of Ottawa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1280-1297 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2015.1103880 |
| OpenAlex | W2173106437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 34 |
As far as nineteenth century Anglosaxons were concerned, French Canadians were not quite white. This article considers the racial dimension of French-Canadian subjugation, long elided and ignored by historians. However, the descendants of French Canadians are no longer construed, and no longer construe themselves, as a racialized group, but rather as a modern, white, western nation. These changes in racial assignment still influence how French and English Canadians make sense of Canadian politics and identities today. Although Quebec's dual majority/minority status in Canada has been well studied, this article also taps into critical race and whiteness studies to examine how notions of evolution, civilization and progress continue to influence how to do things with race in Quebec
Civilization · Ethnology · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · Canadian Identity and History · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Gender Studies · History · Law · Short Stories in Global Literature
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |