Title |
Negotiating injustice: Public memory and nationhood(s) |
Author |
Belanger, Patrick Wilson |
Author email |
pbelange@usc.edu;p.belanger07@fulbrightmail.org |
Degree |
Doctor of Philosophy |
Document type |
Dissertation |
Degree program |
Communication |
School |
Annenberg School for Communication |
Date defended/completed |
2011-10-05 |
Date submitted |
2011-10-21 |
Date approved |
2011-10-21 |
Restricted until |
2013-10-21 |
Date published |
2013-10-21 |
Advisor (committee chair) |
Hollihan, Thomas |
Advisor (committee member) |
Goodnight, G. Thomas James, Patrick |
Abstract |
As globalization proceeds, varying forms of cooperation are crucial to the interaction of cultures across multiple boundaries. This study examines the communicative politics of Canada’s reconciliation efforts with Indigenous peoples. It explores the capacities of rhetorical practice to motivate productive exchange between groups in contexts animated by cultural pluralism and historical injustice. I critique distinct sites of cultural memory construction and contestation (re-imagined multinationality, interest convergence, and cultural advocacy). Varied memories of the past are alive in the present. Assuming that memory is always defined by gaps, the work examines the relevant memory practices in each case, and assesses how such gaps are contained, produced, or mediated. |
Keyword |
rhetoric; communication; social justice; colonization; Canada; first nations |
Language |
English |
Part of collection |
University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
Publisher (of the original version) |
University of Southern California |
Place of publication (of the original version) |
Los Angeles, California |
Publisher (of the digital version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
Provenance |
Electronically uploaded by the author |
Type |
texts |
Legacy record ID |
usctheses-m |
Contributing entity |
University of Southern California |
Rights |
Belanger, Patrick Wilson |
Physical access |
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Repository name |
University of Southern California Digital Library |
Repository address |
USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
Repository email |
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Archival file |
uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-BelangerPa-355.pdf |