Canada in the Sign of Migration and Trans-culturalism Le Canada Sous Le Signe de la Migration et du Transculturalisme: From Multi- to Trans-culturalism du Multiculturalisme au Transculturalisme
Under the impact of globalization, the focus of interest in Canadian writing seems to have shifted towards a different concept within the inter-cultural paradigm, namely trans-culturalism. While multiculturalism emphasises the acceptance of ethnic and cultural difference, trans-culturalism refers to those attitudes which welcome cultural hybridity, cosmopolitanism and mixed or fragmented ethnic identities. Pour l'institution litt�raire francophone de la province du Qu�bec, le changement paradigmatique de l'�criture s ...
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Under the impact of globalization, the focus of interest in Canadian writing seems to have shifted towards a different concept within the inter-cultural paradigm, namely trans-culturalism. While multiculturalism emphasises the acceptance of ethnic and cultural difference, trans-culturalism refers to those attitudes which welcome cultural hybridity, cosmopolitanism and mixed or fragmented ethnic identities. Pour l'institution litt�raire francophone de la province du Qu�bec, le changement paradigmatique de l'�criture s'annonce particuli�rement difficile dans la mesure o� l'identit� de la province a �t� construite sur le projet d'une soci�t� distincte. Par le passage du paradigme multiculturaliste au paradigme de transculturalisme, le concept de nationalisme a subi une s�rie de questionnements existentiels.
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