Le Québec anglophone distinct du reste du Canada? La communauté anglo-québécoise au prisme des éditoriaux de The Gazette de 1976 à 1982

According to the publisher’s description of this book, translated by the bibliographer, the author’s comparative analysis of the editorials in The Gazette and The Globe and Mail comes at a time when, on the provincial scene, the balance of power between Québec's two linguistic communities, English-speaking and French-speaking, is being reversed, and when, on the federal scene, the country's identity is being rebuilt. Because of its place in Franco-Québec sociality, The Gazette's discourse appears to be the fruit of ‘an incessant process of exchange, borrowing, negotiation, transmission and transformation’ with the other, namely Franco-Québecers. Through its appropriation of Franco-Québec cultural materials, the Montreal newspaper expresses a fluid and plural affiliation, akin to that of a chameleon, changing its skin according to circumstances and environments. Depending on the political, ideological and discursive context, this position can be Québécois, Anglo-Québécois, Canadian or English Canadian. By incorporating the ‘Québec’ variable into the heart of its editorial equation, The Gazette captures and presents, with more empathy, accuracy and subtlety than The Globe and Mail, the issues related to Québec and Canadian.

Québec, QC

Presses de l'Université Laval

2024

362p.

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