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Publication details [#63068]
Thurairajah, Kalyani. 2017. The jagged edges of multiculturalism in Canada and the suspect Canadian. Journal of multicultural discourses 12 (2) : 134–148.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
The diverging viewpoints of the multicultural discourse in Canada elucidate that while the diaspora (here:the second-generation Sri Lankan Tamil diasporic community in Toronto) considers multiculturalism as a way to preserve their dual identities and engage in homeland politics, non-Sri Lankan Tamil Canadians conceptualize this form of activism in homeland politics as being disloyal to Canada, thereby questioning their Canadian identities.