Beheading the Saint
Nationalism, Religion, and Secularism in Quebec
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Abbreviations
1 From French Canada to Québec: An Introduction
Key Trope: Anticolonialism and Language
Part One Making and Unmaking of French-Canadianness
2 The Iconic Making of French Canadianness
Key Trope: The Family
3 Iconoclastic Unmaking: The Quiet Revolution’s Aesthetic Revolt (1959–69)
Key Trope: The Soil
Part Two Making and Debating Québécois-ness
4 Iconographic Remaking and the Politics of Identity: The Ambiguous Reinvention of the Fête
Key Trope: The Sheep
5 Nationalism, Secularism, and Cultural Heritage
Key Trope: The Flag
6 Conclusion: Toward a Cultural Sociology of Identity Transformation
Appendix A Historical Cues
Appendix B Parade Themes
Appendix C Methods and Sources
References
Index
ASA Political Sociology Section: Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award in Political Sociology
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International Society for the Study of Religion: ISSR Best Book Award
Won
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association: The John Porter Prize
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History: General History
Religion: Religion and Society
Sociology: Collective Behavior, Mass Communication | Social Change, Social Movements, Political Sociology
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