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- Title: Transmitting Pluralism: Mixed Unions in Montreal.
- Author : Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal
- Release Date : January 22, 2002
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 231 KB
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ABSTRACT/RESUME This research concerns mixed unions in Montreal, particularly the intergenerational transmission of identities and forms of social belonging among young parents (under thirty-five years of age). "Mixedness" is examined as a social construct that varies by social and historical context. While questioning classical notions about such unions, whereby they are presented as the final stage in the assimilation process, these unions are looked at here as an important point of interethnic contact and as a key to understanding identity issues in the wider society. A pilot study reveals "identity projects," i.e., parents' aspirations regarding the ethnic (and religious) identity of their children and the strategies that they deploy in this regard (e.g. regarding names, religious initiation, travel, language classes, contact with the kinship network, etc.). Such projects and strategies are oriented toward multiple identities, affiliations, and cultural referents and are framed in a strongly pluralist ideology by the Que becois partners in these unions.
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