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- Title
A Typology of the Changing Narratives of Canadian Citizens Through Time.
- Authors
SOBEL, NORA
- Abstract
This paper presents key results from a study that analyzed Canadian citizenship guides as an example of an official policy voice of the Canadian government about what it means to be a Canadian citizen and what is expected from a naturalized Canadian citizen. Six Canadian citizenship guides in the English language developed between 1947 and 2012 were analyzed by identifying the format and thematic components of the guides, and the most recurrent words and rhetorical strategies, within each contemporary historical context. Each guide constructed a narrative about what constitutes a naturalized Canadian citizen and these six individual and different narratives resulted in a historically constructed typology of naturalized Canadian citizenship: good character citizen, responsible citizen, wholesome citizen, politically active citizen, test-ready citizen, and loyal citizen.
- Subjects
CANADA; CITIZENSHIP; CITIZENSHIP education; IMMIGRATION law; IMMIGRATION policy; CITIZENS; NATURALIZATION
- Publication
Canadian Ethnic Studies, 2015, Vol 47, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
0008-3496
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ces.2015.0003