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ERIC Number: EJ642084
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-1191-162X
Literature and Social Studies: Reading the Hyphenated Spaces of Canadian Identity.
Johnston, Ingrid
Canadian Social Studies, v35 n1 Fall 2000
Considers the ideological and imaginative potential of literature for questioning notions of Canadian identity in the social studies classroom. Compares various literary texts and considers how writers attempt to create a unified metanarrative. Contrasts texts from the early twentieth century with contemporary Canadian literature. (CMK)
Descriptors: Books, Didacticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology), Ideology, Literature, Poetry, Social Studies, Textbooks
http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/css/ CSS_35_1/literature_and_social_studies.htm.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Identity Formation
Note: Theme issue: Globalization. Electronic journal; 7 pages.