National Identity and the Conflict at Oka

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National Identity and the Conflict at Oka is written by Amelia Kalant and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1135938083 (ISBN 10) and 9781135938086 (ISBN 13).

Through readings of literature, canonical history texts, studies of museum displays and media analysis, this work explores the historical formation of myths of Canadian national identity and then how these myths were challenged (and affirmed during the 1990 standoff at Oka. It draws upon history, literary criticism, anthropology, studies in nationalism and ethnicity and post-colonial theory.