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Writing herself into being : Quebec women's autobiographical writings from Marie de l'Incarnation to Nelly Arcan
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ISBN: 9780773552654 0773552650 9780773552661 0773552669 9780773551183 9780773551190 0773551190 0773551182 Year: 2017 Publisher: Montreal, [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press,

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WINNER - Prix du livre d’Ottawa 2016 WINNER - Prix Jean-Éthier-Blais 2015 WINNER - Prix Gabrielle-Roy 2014 FINALIST - Prix littéraire Trillium 2015 From the founding of New France to the present day, Quebec women have had to negotiate societal expectations placed on their gender. Tracing the evolution of life writing by Quebec women, Patricia Smart presents a feminist analysis of women’s struggles for autonomy and agency in a society that has continually emphasized the traditional roles of wife and mother. Writing Herself into Being examines published autobiographies and autobiographical fiction, as well as the annals of religious communities, letters, and a number of published and unpublished diaries by girls and women, to reveal a greater range of women’s experiences than proscribed, generalized roles. Through close readings of these texts Smart uncovers the authors’ perspectives on events such as the 1837 Rebellion, the Montreal cholera epidemic of 1848, convent school education, the struggle for women’s rights in the early twentieth century, and the Quiet Revolution. Drawing attention to the individuality of each writer while situating her within the social and ideological context of her era, this book further explores the ways women and girls reacted to, and often rebelled against, the constraints imposed on them by both Church and state. Written in a clear and compelling narrative style that brings women’s voices to life, Writing Herself into Being – the author’s own translation of her award-winning French-language book De Marie de l’Incarnation à Nelly Arcan: Se dire, se faire par l’écriture intime (Boréal, 2014) – offers a new and gendered view of various periods in Quebec history.


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Everyday sacred : religion in contemporary Quebec
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ISBN: 0773552421 077355243X 9780773552425 9780773552432 077355095X 0773550941 9780773550940 9780773550957 Year: 2017 Publisher: Montreal, [Quebec Province] : McGill-Queen's University Press,

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"Over the last decade there has been ongoing public discussion about religion in Quebecois society, which flared up again following the proposed Charter of Quebec Values in 2014. Everyday Sacred emerged during this active and sometimes tense period of debate. Each of its chapters provides a textured, localized study that is attentive to complexity and multivocality-both in terms of people's experiences of religion and more broadly with regard to conventional categories in the study of religion. Major themes across the chapters include: the dynamics of intergenerational transmission and institutionalism; the intersection of religion/secularism with claims of a 'distinctive' identity; the bodily and material aspects of religion; the impact of gender on internal community dynamics and debates in the public sphere; and the rise of more flexible religious hybridity and sociality that emphasize new technologies in transnational or online networks. Through these themes, contributors define religion more holistically, troubling familiar dichotomies between Catholics and the rest, "founding" and immigrant religions, "New Religious Movements" and traditional institutions. As the first English-language volume devoted to examining religion in contemporary Quebec, Everyday Sacred marks the beginning of a more sustained conversation between scholars of contemporary religion, inside and outside la belle province."--


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Innovation and the Social Economy : The Quebec Experience
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ISBN: 1442695099 9781442695092 1442695102 Year: 2017 Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press,

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"Social economy organizations such as cooperatives, non-profits, mutual benefit groups, foundations, and non-governmental organizations are uniquely positioned to respond not only to emerging social and economic needs, but also to new collective aspirations. In Quebec, for instance, a pioneering social economy system has been developed that is recognized worldwide for its ability to foster innovative solutions to economic disparity and sustainability issues. In the wake of a global crisis that has emphasized the growing gap between economic and social concerns, what can other regions gain from this model? Through robust theoretical and in-depth empirical studies, this book offers the first opportunity to English-language readers to learn about the Quebec experience of a social economy system. It takes stock of recent developments in the province relating to policy planning, governance, financing, local development, and legal frameworks. Innovation and the Social Economy also emphasizes this system's potential for exploring alternative practices of production, consumption, and distribution that can foster social transformation."--Publisher's website.

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Economics --- Social capital (Sociology) --- Cooperative societies --- Nonprofit organizations --- Voluntarism --- Community development --- Sociological aspects. --- Québec (Province) --- Social policy. --- Voluntary action --- Volunteer work --- Volunteering --- Volunteerism --- Corporations, Nonprofit --- Non-profit organizations --- Non-profit sector --- Non-profits --- Nonprofit sector --- Nonprofits --- Not-for-profit organizations --- NPOs --- Organizations, Nonprofit --- Tax-exempt organizations --- Co-operative societies --- Co-ops (Cooperative societies) --- Cooperative associations --- Cooperative distribution --- Cooperative stores --- Cooperatives --- Coops (Cooperative societies) --- Distribution, Cooperative --- Stores, Cooperative --- Capital, Social (Sociology) --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Kempek (Province) --- Canada East --- Province de Québec --- Province of Québec --- Provinsie van Quebec --- Kvebek (Province) --- Правінцыя Квебек --- Pravintsyi︠a︡ Kvebek --- Квебек (Province) --- Κεμπέκ (Province) --- Kebekio (Province) --- Kebek (Province) --- 퀘벡 주 --- Kʻwebek-ju --- Kʻwebek (Province) --- Kupaik (Province) --- קוויבק (Province) --- Ḳṿibeḳ (Province) --- Quebecum (Province) --- Kvebeka (Province) --- Kvebekas (Province) --- Kébeki (Province) --- Кэбэк (Province) --- ケベック州 --- Kebekku-shū --- Kebekkushū --- ケベック (Province) --- Kebekku (Province) --- Provincia Québec --- קוויבעק (Province) --- Kvebeks (Province) --- 魁北克 (Province) --- Kuibeike (Province) --- Kui bei ke (Province) --- National service --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Corporations --- Societies --- Sociology --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Lower Canada --- Sociological aspects --- E-books


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La common law de A à Z.
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ISBN: 9782897303143 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cowansville Blais

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Common law --- Dictionaries --- French --- Dictionnaires français --- Droit civil --- Canada --- BPB1901 --- Anglo-American law --- Law, Anglo-American --- Customary law --- Burgerlijk recht --- Kanada --- Канада --- Kanāda --- il-Kanada --- Ceanada --- Καναδάς --- Canadá --- Terre-Neuve --- Њуфаундленд --- Квебек --- Νέα Γη --- Nový Foundland --- Njufaundlend --- Niufaundlandas --- Terra Nova --- Κεμπέκ --- Terranova --- New-Foundland --- Quebec --- Kebeku --- Kvebekas --- Quebeque --- Új-Fundland --- Newfoundland --- Neufundland --- Québec --- građansko pravo --- Bürgerliches Recht --- civilrätt --- e drejtë civile --- občianske právo --- drept civil --- гражданско право --- prawo cywilne --- граѓанско право --- civilno pravo --- tsiviilõigus --- грађанско право --- siviilioikeus --- polgári jog --- civillikums --- αστικό δίκαιο --- diritto civile --- dritt ċivili --- civil law --- civilinė teisė --- Derecho civil --- burgerlijk recht --- občanské právo --- direito civil --- civilret --- gemeen recht --- ligj i shkruar --- имотноправни односи --- borgerlig ret --- tavanomainen oikeus --- Zivilrecht --- civilní právo --- üldõigus --- ligj i zakonshëm --- allgemeines Recht --- предметно право --- diritto comune --- drept comun --- Derecho común --- Κοινό Δίκαιο --- облигациски односи --- ordinary law --- všeobecné právo --- civiltiesības --- allmän rätt --- droit commun --- direito comum --- statutory law --- įprastinė teisė --- an dlí sibhialta --- droit civil

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