dc.contributor.advisor |
Kehoe, Karly |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Green, Heather (Environmental historian) |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
Nova Scotia |
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dc.creator |
Blacker, Elise |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-01-18T15:33:16Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-01-18T15:33:16Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/30383 |
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dc.description |
1 online resource (iv, 128 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), map (colour) |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-128). |
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dc.description.abstract |
Within Canada, a variety of national colonial narratives are present which represent it as a welcoming, multicultural, and just country. These narratives do not include the histories of a variety of minority or marginalized nations, notably those of the
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit. Canada’s national colonial narratives have been
constructed mainly through avenues such as National Historic Sites (NHS). This thesis argues that Canada’s national colonial narratives are reliant on a version of Canadian
history, which centres, sanitizes, and romanticizes the history of French and British
colonisation in Canada while sidelining or ignoring Indigenous and other marginalized
histories. Recognition of these realities would destabilize the legitimacy of the Canadian
state and require the settler Canadian population to confront a variety of uncomfortable
realities. This argument is forwarded through an analysis of two NHS in Nova Scotia,
Canada, (the Fortress of Louisbourg NHS, and the Halifax Citadel NHS). The versions of
history presented at these NHS create Canadian national colonial narratives and have real world impacts, particularly on Indigenous peoples. |
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dc.description.provenance |
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dc.description.provenance |
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Previous issue date: 2021-12-21 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_CA |
dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Canada -- History -- Criticism and interpretation |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Halifax Citadel (Halifax, N.S.) -- History -- Criticism and interpretation |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site (N.S.) -- History -- Criticism and interpretation |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
First Nations -- Canada -- History |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Métis -- Canada -- History |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Inuit -- Canada -- History |
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dc.title |
In pursuit of a Canadian identity : the creation of national colonial narratives through national historic sites in Nova Scotia, Canada |
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dc.type |
Text |
en_CA |
thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in History |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
History |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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