Rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and Italian-Canadians

This thesis examines the development of both Italian and Canadian nationhood and its effect on and contribution of racialization in Canada. It analyzes the manner in which scholarship on Whiteness tends to dehistoricize and decontextualize immigration in the creation of White subjects, and how this...

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Main Author: Pandolfi, Krysta
Other Authors: Miller, Dianne
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2009
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Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10012009-071555/
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spelling ndltd-USASK-oai-usask.ca-etd-10012009-0715552013-01-08T16:34:06Z Rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and Italian-Canadians Pandolfi, Krysta racialization nationalism Italy Italian-Canadians Whiteness immigration citizenship This thesis examines the development of both Italian and Canadian nationhood and its effect on and contribution of racialization in Canada. It analyzes the manner in which scholarship on Whiteness tends to dehistoricize and decontextualize immigration in the creation of White subjects, and how this practice denies the conditions under which most individuals have become immigrants. The study challenged the discursive claims made by Italian-Canadian scholarship by applying a critical race analysis, and highlights how Italian-Canadians achieved Whiteness in Canada and its implications. Miller, Dianne St. Denis, Verna Kovach, Maggie Iliopoulou, Despina Woodhouse, Howard University of Saskatchewan 2009-10-01 text application/pdf http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10012009-071555/ http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10012009-071555/ en restricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to University of Saskatchewan or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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topic racialization
nationalism
Italy
Italian-Canadians
Whiteness
immigration
citizenship
spellingShingle racialization
nationalism
Italy
Italian-Canadians
Whiteness
immigration
citizenship
Pandolfi, Krysta
Rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and Italian-Canadians
description This thesis examines the development of both Italian and Canadian nationhood and its effect on and contribution of racialization in Canada. It analyzes the manner in which scholarship on Whiteness tends to dehistoricize and decontextualize immigration in the creation of White subjects, and how this practice denies the conditions under which most individuals have become immigrants. The study challenged the discursive claims made by Italian-Canadian scholarship by applying a critical race analysis, and highlights how Italian-Canadians achieved Whiteness in Canada and its implications.
author2 Miller, Dianne
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Pandolfi, Krysta
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title Rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and Italian-Canadians
title_short Rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and Italian-Canadians
title_full Rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and Italian-Canadians
title_fullStr Rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and Italian-Canadians
title_full_unstemmed Rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and Italian-Canadians
title_sort rushing from and hastening to : nationhood, whiteness, and italian-canadians
publisher University of Saskatchewan
publishDate 2009
url http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10012009-071555/
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