Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada: Knowledge and Ethnicity in Labour History

Resource type
Author/contributor
Title
Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada: Knowledge and Ethnicity in Labour History
Abstract
By distinguishing between Canadien and Acadien workers, on the one hand, and Canada workers, on the other, this essay examines some of the cognitive implications of L/LT’s epistemological commitment to a Canada-centered interpretation of labour history, particularly with respect to francophone working-class minorities. It argues that this labour history journal is representative of how emphasis on Canada-based workers and labour yields its own definition of class experience, a geopolitical definition that does not necessarily correspond to the ethnically-grounded “national” aspirations and struggles of French-Canadian and Acadian workers.
Publication
Labour / Le Travail
Volume
50
Pages
101-115
Date
Fall 2002
Journal Abbr
Labour / Le Travail
Language
en
ISSN
07003862
Short Title
Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada
Accessed
4/27/15, 2:15 PM
Library Catalog
EBSCOhost
Citation
Ferland, J. (2002). Canadiens, Acadiens, and Canada: Knowledge and Ethnicity in Labour History. Labour / Le Travail, 50, 101–115. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/view/5270